Look up: sill

1. sill
   n. A sheet-like igneous intrusion that parallels the plane of the surrounding rock.
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2. Sill
   Lower horizontal face of an opening.
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3. Sill
   An flat metal bar screwed to the bottom of a door flat to secure it to the stage.
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4. sill
   [n] - (geology) a flat (usually horizontal) mass of igneous rock between two layers of older sedimentary rock 2. [n] - structural member consisting of a continuous horizontal timber forming the lowest member of a framework or supporting structure
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5. Sill
   Essentially horizontal, sheet-like igneous intrusion usually between two sedimentary beds, may be hundreds of metres thick.
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6. Sill
   See cill
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7. Sill
   Bottom horizontal member of a door or window frame
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8. Sill
   The bottom horizontal member of a window or door frame.
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9. sill
   horizontal structure member forming the bottom of a door frame of a furnace Category: Electrical engineering and energy • the horizontal gate seating,made of wood,stone,concrete or metal at the invert of any opening or gap in a structure.Hence the expressions:gate sill,stoplog sill Ca...
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10. Sill
    The lowest member of the frame of a structure, resting on the foundation and supporting the floor joists or the uprights of the wall. The member forming the lower side of an opening, as in a door sill, window sill, etc.
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11. Sill
    The lower horizontal part of a window or door frame.
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12. Sill
    Sill noun [ Middle English sille , sylle , Anglo-Saxon syl , syll ; akin to German schwelle , Old High German swelli , Icelandic syll , svill , Swedish syll , Danish syld , Goth....
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13. Sill
    Sill noun [ Confer Thill .] The shaft or thill of a carriage. [ Prov. Eng.]
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14. Sill
    Sill noun [ Confer 4th Sile .] A young herring. [ Eng.]
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15. sill
    noun structural member consisting of a continuous horizontal timber forming the lowest member of a framework or supporting structure
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16. sill
    noun (geology) a flat (usually horizontal) mass of igneous rock between two layers of older sedimentary rock
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17. Sill
    • (n.) The basis or foundation of a thing; especially, a horizontal piece, as a timber, which forms the lower member of a frame, or supports a structure; as, the sills of a house, of a bridge, of a loom, and the like. • (n.) The timber or stone on which a window frame stands; or, the lowes...
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18. sill
    tabular igneous intrusion emplaced parallel to the bedding of the enclosing rock. Although they may have vertical to horizontal orientations, nearly ... [5 related articles]
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19. Sill
    In architecture, a sill or cill or sole is the horizontal piece of timber or
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20. Sill
    Horizontal planes of igneous rock that run parallel to the grain of the original rock deposits.They form when magma enters and cools in bedding planes found within the crust. Also see intrusive igneous rock.
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21. sill
    lowest horizontal member of a window frame or partition
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22. Sill
    The bottom member of a framing system.
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23. Sill
    The main horizontal member forming the bottom of the frame of a window or door.
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24. Sill
    - (1) The 2 X 4 or 2 X 6 wood plate framing member that lays flat against and bolted to the foundation wall (with anchor bolts) and upon which the floor joists are installed. Normally the sill plate is treated lumber. (2) The member forming the lower side of an opening, as a door sill or window sill.
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25. Sill
    The threshold of a door opening. Most sills include grooves to guide the bottom of the car or hoistway door. ThyssenKrupp Elevator offers a Freedom sill, which is grooveless and is guided from under the sill. Sills extend the full width of the door travel.
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