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▸ noun: (construction) 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.
▸ noun: (geology) A stratum of rock, especially an intrusive layer of igneous rock lying parallel to surrounding strata.
▸ noun: A threshold or brink across the bottom of a canal lock for the gates to shut against.
▸ noun: (anatomy) A raised area at the base of the nasal aperture in the skull.
▸ noun: (military, historical) The inner edge of the bottom of an embrasure.
▸ noun: (UK) A young herring.
▸ noun: The shaft or thill of a carriage.
▸ adjective: (rare, slang) Silly.
▸ noun: A surname.
Similar:
window sill,
undersill,
threshold,
windowsole,
mudsill,
sile,
cross-sill,
groundsill,
cripple,
scuncheon,
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