windowsill
English
/ˈwɪndəʊˌsɪl/, /ˈwɪndoʊˌsɪl/
noun
Definitions
- The horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
Etymology
Compound from English window + English sill (fry, newly hatched young of fish).
Origin
English
sill
Gloss
fry, newly hatched young of fish
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
揚
Emoji
🍟 🍤 🍳
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bay window English
- bow window English
- doorsill English
- eye English
- groundsill English
- multiwindow English
- portsill English
- shop window English
- sill English
- silled English
- sillock English
- skysill English
- subwindow English
- superwindow English
- undersill English
- unwindow English
- wind English
- windoid English
- window English
- window seat English
- windowable English
- windowed English
- windowfront English
- windowful English
- windowglass English
- windowing English
- windowless English
- windowlight English
- windowlike English
- windowmaker English
- windowmaking English
- windowpane English
- windowscreen English
- windowy English
- ウィンドウ Japanese
- ウインドー Japanese
- sille Middle English
- windowe Middle English
- sil Serbo-Croatian
- sìl Welsh
- sîle Norman
- сил Bulgarian
- wūntō Marshallese
- windo Tok Pisin
- windo Shona
- windo Chichewa, Chewa, Nyanja
- eye
- wind
- sill
- silled
- window
- sillock
- skysill
- windowy
- windoid
- portsill
- windowed
- unwindow
- doorsill
- windowful
- windowing
- undersill
- subwindow
- windowlike
- bay window
- windowless
- bow window
- windowpane
- groundsill
- windowable
- superwindow
- shop window
- multiwindow
- window seat
- windowglass
- windowlight
- windowmaker
- windowfront
- windowmaking
- windowscreen