sill
[ sil ]
/ sɪl /
noun
a horizontal timber, block, or the like serving as a foundation of a wall, house, etc.
the horizontal piece or member beneath a window, door, or other opening.
Geology.
a tabular body of intrusive igneous rock, ordinarily between beds of sedimentary rocks or layers of volcanic ejecta.
Origin of sill
before 900; Middle English
sille, Old English
syl, sylle; cognate with Low German
süll, Old Norse
syll; akin to German
Schwelle sill
OTHER WORDS FROM sill
sill-like, adjective un·der·sill, nounWords nearby sill
Definition for sill (2 of 2)
Sill
[ sil ]
/ sɪl /
noun
Mount,
a mountain in E central California, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. 14,153 feet (4314 meters).
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British Dictionary definitions for sill
sill
/ (sɪl) /
noun
a shelf at the bottom of a window inside a room
a horizontal piece along the outside lower member of a window, that throws water clear of the wall below
the lower horizontal member of a window or door frame
a continuous horizontal member placed on top of a foundation wall in order to carry a timber framework
a flat usually horizontal mass of igneous rock, situated between two layers of older sedimentary rock, that was formed by an intrusion of magma
Word Origin for sill
Old English
syll; related to Old Norse
svill sill, Icelandic
svoli tree trunk, Old High German
swella sill, Latin
solum ground
Scientific definitions for sill
sill
[ sĭl ]
A sheet of igneous rock intruded between layers of older rock. See illustration at batholith.