1
: a horizontal piece (such as a timber) that forms the lowest member or one of the lowest members of a framework or supporting structure: such as
a
: the horizontal member at the base of a window
b
: the threshold of a door
2
: a tabular body of igneous rock injected while molten between sedimentary or volcanic beds or along foliation planes of metamorphic rocks
3
: a submerged ridge at relatively shallow depth separating the basins of two bodies of water
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Wiping down your sills, dropping your draperies off at the dry cleaner, and cleaning the windows from top-to-bottom will ensure your effort on the exterior isn’t done in vain but instead, promises your windows sparkle from the inside out.
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Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2024
The precious metal also features on the door sill tread plates, designed to look like gold bars, and there’s even a gold golf putter mounted to the underside of the trunk lid.
—Alistair Charlton, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
There’s more of Auric Goldfinger’s favorite precious metal inside the Phantom, including a gold finish on the air vents, organ stops, and speaker grilles, plus sill tread plates that resemble gold bars.
—Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2024
The bigger icebergs get stuck on the sill, and other icebergs pile up behind them, in a great glacial traffic jam.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
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Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2024
The precious metal also features on the door sill tread plates, designed to look like gold bars, and there’s even a gold golf putter mounted to the underside of the trunk lid.
—Alistair Charlton, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
There’s more of Auric Goldfinger’s favorite precious metal inside the Phantom, including a gold finish on the air vents, organ stops, and speaker grilles, plus sill tread plates that resemble gold bars.
—Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2024
The bigger icebergs get stuck on the sill, and other icebergs pile up behind them, in a great glacial traffic jam.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
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“Sill.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sill. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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