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sill

noun as in ledge

noun as in threshold

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Ashes of the dead are mixed with clay and molded into small pyramids, called tsa tsas, and placed along heavily trafficked areas like roadsides, in window sills, and public squares and parks.

No note, noglass of water, just sunlight left to chill on the edge of a window sill.

Within a few weeks, Midea learned that a compact air conditioner that saddles snugly on the window sill, blocks out noise and saves energy could entice many American consumers.

You can place drawers on any existing shelves or sills, or just put them on the floor, a chair, or a table.

So it comes as no surprise that Covid-19 has inspired a revival in gardening, with many people working out their anxieties in backyard plots, potted plants, or herb-lined window sills.

From Quartz

I walked slowly back into my study, which faces Washington Square, and leaned on the window sill.

Tessie leaned back on the open window-sill and began very seriously.

We stood in the open doors with one foot resting on the sill and an elbow cocked on the roof, looking cool.

Another journalist begged him to do a sill walk live on stage then and there, but he demurred.

In February 1909, at age 79, he toppled drunk from his saddle at Fort Sill, Okla.

Robert went over and seated himself on the broad sill of one of the dormer windows.

They stood outside the window and the cook passed them their coffee and a roll, which they drank and ate from the window-sill.

Her soft murmuring voice has stolen into his brain; he hears it in the drip, drip of the rain on the sill outside.

One long and wearisome evening, as we sat on the drawing-room window-sill kicking our heels, Peter came in and found us.

She smoothed out each finger and thumb before she spoke, and laid them on the window-sill.

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On this page you'll find 138 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to sill, such as: girder, joist, piling, pillar, plank, and pole.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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