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windowsill

or win·dow sill

[ win-doh-sil ]

noun

  1. the sill under a window.


windowsill

/ ˈwɪndəʊˌsɪl /

noun

  1. a sill below a window


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Word History and Origins

Origin of windowsill1

First recorded in 1695–1705; window + sill

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Example Sentences

That morning, he sat in the windowsill and began his day like every other: reading the Bible passage that coincided with the date.

It was called Windowsill Daydreaming, Rochester, New York, from 1958, and, despite its corny name, it stopped me in my tracks.

A rusty, iron key to the past sits on a windowsill in my home.

Just behind the frame, on the windowsill, is a brass logo for the now defunct William Morris Agency.

On my kitchen windowsill (yes, I have a windowed kitchen, my first ever), are four orchid plants.

As he finished speaking, water began to pour over the windowsill, and soon the nursery floor was ankle deep.

Chattie jumped up on the windowsill, with her usual stealthy aplomb, and rubbed herself against the girl's face.

Her naked thigh pressed against the windowsill and her bare stomach touched the dirty pane.

The mark was put by Barker's bloodstained slipper upon the windowsill to suggest how the fugitive got away.

If I lay a piece of butcher's meat on the windowsill, she hastens up, works her will on it and retires.

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