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 thebase of awindow frame
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the sill of a window; the horizontal member at the bottom of the window frame
Etymologies
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Examples
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Growing herbs, even in pots on an apartment windowsill, is a great way to have fresh flavor right on hand.
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Growing herbs, even in pots on an apartment windowsill, is a great way to have fresh flavor right on hand.
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The plantation on my windowsill is growing under the loving care of (mostly) my bf.
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On the windowsill was a pigeon, had a blood-stained wings.
Video from Cairo Piotr Kowalczyk 2011
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
Prolagus commented on the word windowsill
((My girl's got) Miraculous technique, by Belle and Sebastian)
November 24, 2009
nitishch commented on the word windowsill
"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