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windowsill

UK/ˈwɪndəʊˌsɪl//ˈwɪndoʊˌsɪl/

windowsill noun: the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame.

windowsill: the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
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Noun

windowsill (plural windowsills)

  1. The horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame.
    • An upscale version of this tried and true method of providing windowsill humidity is the use of plastic 'egg crating' instead of gravel.1991, Bob Gordon, Orchid Seedling Care: With Special Emphasis on Water Quality
    • You could tell summer was coming because people were drinking on the street, searching for spaces on the windowsills of the pub to balance their beerglasses.2001, Christopher Fowler, The Devil in Me, page 12

windowsill meaning in Vietnamese

windowsill in Vietnamese

the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
bậu

Examples of windowsill in a sentence

  • north-facing rooms: These rooms receive the least light if you live up north, so choose plants that can endure low-light conditions and keep them directly on the windowsill.2015, Nathan Williams, The Kinfolk Home: Interiors for Slow Living, Artisan Books, →ISBN, page 277:
  • The most unreliable joints are in connections between the wall with ceilings and roofing, esconson of windows, places under the windowsills, exits to the balcony or veranda...2017, Irina Maltseva, Aleksandr Elokhov, Konstantin Tkachuk, Kseniia Maltceva, “Design without thermal bridges”, in 9th International...

All 16 example sentences with windowsill

Forms of windowsill

pluralwindowsills
alternative formwindow sill
alternative formwindow-sill

Plural of windowsill: windowsills

Origin of windowsill

From window + sill.

Questions about windowsill

What does windowsill mean?
Windowsill means the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame.
What is windowsill in Vietnamese?
Windowsill in Vietnamese is bậu. See Windowsill meaning in Vietnamese.
How do you use windowsill in a sentence?
north-facing rooms: These rooms receive the least light if you live up north, so choose plants that can endure low-light conditions and keep them directly on the windowsill.
What part of speech is windowsill?
Windowsill is a noun.
How do you pronounce windowsill?
Windowsill is pronounced /ˈwɪndəʊˌsɪl/ (UK).
What is the plural of windowsill?
The plural of windowsill is windowsills.

Words near windowsill in the dictionary

  1. windowscreen
  2. windowscreens
  3. windowsful
  4. windowshop
  5. windowshopping
  6. windowsill
  7. windowsills
  8. windowsole
  9. windowward
  10. windowwards
  11. windowwise

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