Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The horizontal member at the base of a window opening.

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  • noun The horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame

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  • noun the sill of a window; the horizontal member at the bottom of the window frame

Etymologies

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window +‎ sill

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Examples

  • Growing herbs, even in pots on an apartment windowsill, is a great way to have fresh flavor right on hand.

    The lighter side of Mexican cooking 2009

  • Growing herbs, even in pots on an apartment windowsill, is a great way to have fresh flavor right on hand.

    The lighter side of Mexican cooking 2009

  • The plantation on my windowsill is growing under the loving care of (mostly) my bf.

    Bibimbap! « Were rabbits 2007

  • On the windowsill was a pigeon, had a blood-stained wings.

    Video from Cairo Piotr Kowalczyk 2011

  • I knew exotic Asian teas and the bean sprouts she grew on her windowsill were the most outrageous things she consumed.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Family Matters Jack Canfield 2010

  • I knew exotic Asian teas and the bean sprouts she grew on her windowsill were the most outrageous things she consumed.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Family Matters Jack Canfield 2010

  • I knew exotic Asian teas and the bean sprouts she grew on her windowsill were the most outrageous things she consumed.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Family Matters Jack Canfield 2010

  • I knew exotic Asian teas and the bean sprouts she grew on her windowsill were the most outrageous things she consumed.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Family Matters Jack Canfield 2010

  • Oskar tried to act like HIS windowsill was HIS and HIS alone, but he is literally only half the size of his fellow apartment cat, who thinks that everything Oskar does is solid gold.

    Creation From The Sickbed 2008

  • Oskar tried to act like HIS windowsill was HIS and HIS alone, but he is literally only half the size of his fellow apartment cat, who thinks that everything Oskar does is solid gold.

    Archive 2008-04-01 2008

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  • Take a look around you

    The spring has sent the sound of rain upon your windowsill

    So grab your coat and play a song for me.

    ((My girl's got) Miraculous technique, by Belle and Sebastian)

    November 24, 2009

  • "I found on one of the window-sills a number of absurd little dancing figures, like these upon the paper"

    (The Adventure of The Dancing Men
    by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

    August 22, 2015