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Definitions for Sills

[1] Beverly Belle Silverman Bubbles , 1929–2007, U.S. coloratura soprano and opera administrator.
[2] a horizontal timber, block, or the like serving as a foundation of a wall, house, etc.
[3] the horizontal piece or member beneath a window, door, or other opening.
[4] Geology . a tabular body of intrusive igneous rock, ordinarily between beds of sedimentary rocks or layers of volcanic ejecta.
[5] Mount, a mountain in E central California, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. 14,153 feet (4314 meters).
[6] Beverley , original name Belle Silverman. 1929–2007, US soprano: director of the New York City Opera (1979–89)
[7] a shelf at the bottom of a window inside a room
[8] a horizontal piece along the outside lower member of a window, that throws water clear of the wall below
[9] the lower horizontal member of a window or door frame
[10] a continuous horizontal member placed on top of a foundation wall in order to carry a timber framework
[11] a flat usually horizontal mass of igneous rock, situated between two layers of older sedimentary rock, that was formed by an intrusion of magma

Words related to Sills

rim, ridge, berm, girder, scaffolding, joist, shaft, pillar, pole, plank, timber, brink, verge, bar, reef, mantle, track, route, console

Origin of Sills

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 Sills

sill-like , adjective
un·der·sill , noun

Word origin for Sills

Old English syll; related to Old Norse svill sill, Icelandic svoli tree trunk, Old High German swella sill, Latin solum ground

Synonyms for Sills

berm, ridge, rim, bar, bench, bracket, console, edge, jut, mantle, offset, path, projection, reef, route, step, strip, tier, track, trail, walk, way