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Explore Sill through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like rock or stone. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.

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Sill meaning

  1. A breast wall; window breast; horizontal brink which forms the base of a window.
  2. A threshold; horizontal structural member of a building near ground level on a foundation or pilings, or lying on the ground, and bearing the upright portion of a frame; a sill plate.
  3. A stratum of rock, especially an intrusive layer of igneous rock lying parallel to surrounding strata.

Synonyms of Sill

structural member rock stone

Related words

Other words often associated with Sill or its synonyms:

material stuff candy gem support sway pit crystal gynaecologist pericarp confect gemstone

Using Sill

  • The main meaning on this page is: A breast wall; window breast; horizontal brink which forms the base of a window. | A threshold; horizontal structural member of a building near ground level on a foundation or pilings, or lying on the ground, and bearing the upright portion of a frame; a sill plate. | A stratum of rock, especially an intrusive layer of igneous rock lying parallel to surrounding strata.
  • Useful related words include: structural member, rock, stone.
  • In the example corpus, sill often appears in combinations such as: window sill, fort sill, the sill.

Context around Sill

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 8 middle, 8 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

window 6× fort 2× drogden 1× darss 1× peabody 1× members 1× book 1× low 1× alloy 1× door 1×

Often after:

depth 2× works 1× begin 1× height 1× oklahoma 1× plates 1× lake 1×

Sentence patterns with Sill

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

the window sill 2× a window sill but for 1× and alloy sill plates on 1× and darss sill depth of 1× and the sill 1× biology drogden sill depth of 1× crevice door sill and points 1× kentucky fort sill oklahoma schofield 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

but no matter 1× describing the book 1× description conversion of 1× external cues include 1× he was doing 1× hydrography and biology 1×

Common sentence endings:

the window sill 2× 18th field artillery 1× along the way 1× and harris deposits 1× and hexham abbey 1× and the sill 1×

Words around Sill

Just before it in the word index:

silkyara 5 silky 162 silkworth 3 silkworms 8 silkworm 22 silkwood 3

Just after it in the word index:

silla 21 sillah 5 sillato 2 silled 2 sillence 2 siller 13

Similar in corpus frequency:

acorns 69 acrobatics 69 acura 69 admissible 69 adt 69 affective 69

Corpus analysis for Sill

  • In this selection, "sill" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, window, fort, drogden, depth, works and begin stand out and add context to how "sill" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include the window sill and a window sill but for. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "sill" sits close to words such as acorns, acrobatics and acura, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with sill

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

External cues include new 18-inch wheels, badges and alloy sill plates on the doors. (15 words)

But no matter how cold it got, there were always cluster flies in the window sill. (16 words)

The exhibition has already been to Kielder, Tarset, Wark, the Sill in Northumberland National Park, and Hexham Abbey. (18 words)

Longer example sentences

Description: Conversion of part of the existing garage to accommodate a new utility and kitchen area, insert a new front window, insert a new side window to the existing gable and revise the sill height of a rear elevation window. (40 words)

In the same state, the company also has the past-producing Johnson Camp mine project, which it is currently working to bring back into production, as well as the Peabody Sill and Strong and Harris deposits. (36 words)

With a succulent-themed kitchen, I find a lot of joy in putting succulents of many types in the window sill and bamboo plants in spots that can’t get as much light. (33 words)

Example sentences (20)

Hydrography and biology: Drogden Sill (depth of convert) sets a limit to Øresund and Darss Sill (depth of convert), and a limit to the Belt Sea.

Similar to a Window Sill but for a door * Threshold (for exterior doors) – A horizontal plate below the door that bridges the crack between the interior floor and the sill.

In the same state, the company also has the past-producing Johnson Camp mine project, which it is currently working to bring back into production, as well as the Peabody Sill and Strong and Harris deposits.

Part of what makes the AJ Meerwald so important is that she is a real vessel that sill works these waters,” Dolhanczyk said.

The contest to become Scotland's next first minister enters its final fortnight as SNP members sill begin casting votes for one of the three candidates later today.

Velazquez enlisted in the Army in 1992 and was first assigned to Fort Sill in Oklahoma, where he was part of the 5th Battalion, 18th Field Artillery.

We have cockatoos in our garden and they regularly sit on the window sill and peer into our kitchen.

With a succulent-themed kitchen, I find a lot of joy in putting succulents of many types in the window sill and bamboo plants in spots that can’t get as much light.

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But no matter how cold it got, there were always cluster flies in the window sill.

Describing the book, Sill said it is "a story about parental love, Irish identity, friendship, and an attempt to portray the fragilities of teenage mental health in a world gone mad".

Description: Conversion of part of the existing garage to accommodate a new utility and kitchen area, insert a new front window, insert a new side window to the existing gable and revise the sill height of a rear elevation window.

He was doing a for one of his furniture aerobics videos, jumping off a rickety stool, and he fell on to a knife sculpture he’d had propped up on the window sill.

Since then, the Hafkemeyers have lived at Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Schofield Barracks, Hawaii; Presidio of Monterrey, California; and Detroit Arsenal, Michigan, growing their family along the way.

The butterfly doors and relatively low sill make it a cinch for me to climb in and out, and I’m quick to get into an ideal driving position.

The exhibition has already been to Kielder, Tarset, Wark, the Sill in Northumberland National Park, and Hexham Abbey.

The experts said: "When it comes to defrosting your windscreen during the chilly winter months, you might be surprised to find a natural solution right on your window sill.

External cues include new 18-inch wheels, badges and alloy sill plates on the doors.

January 2020 update: 10 months later, I’ve managed to keep my plants alive, in part thanks to The Sill’s helpful Plant Care resource library.

Tartisan Nickel is also exploring gold-silver and zinc-manganese projects in Peru and silver at Sill Lake in the Souix.

They arrived in clumps from every crack, crevice door sill and points of entry I didn’t know existed.

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Common combinations with sill

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "sill" in a sentence?
An example: "Hydrography and biology: Drogden Sill (depth of convert) sets a limit to Øresund and Darss Sill (depth of convert), and a limit to the Belt Sea." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "sill" from authentic English texts.
What does "sill" mean?
Sill means: A breast wall; window breast; horizontal brink which forms the base of a window.
What are synonyms of "sill"?
Common synonyms of "sill" include: structural member, rock, stone.
How many example sentences with "sill" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "sill", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.