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Sill
UK
/sɪl/
US
/sɪl/
Translation of "sill" into Russian
sill
Noun
UK
/sɪl/
US
/sɪl/
sill
sills pl
She placed the flower pot on the windowsill.
Она поставила цветочный горшок на подоконник.
He tripped over the door sill as he entered the room.
Он споткнулся о порог, когда входил в комнату.
Definitions
sill
Noun
UK
/sɪl/
US
/sɪl/
A horizontal piece that forms the base of a window.
She placed the flower pot on the window sill to catch the sunlight.
A horizontal structural member at the bottom of a door or window frame.
The carpenter replaced the rotten sill to ensure the door would close properly.
A shelf or slab of stone, wood, or metal at the foot of a window or doorway.
The cat often sits on the sill, watching the birds outside.
A tabular sheet of igneous rock intruded between older layers of rock.
Geologists identified a dolerite sill running parallel to the sandstone beds.
A submerged ridge of the seabed that restricts water flow between basins or channels.
The sill in the strait limits deep-water exchange between the two seas.
sill
Verb
UK
/sɪl/
US
/sɪl/
To provide with or build a sill; to set on a sill.
The workers carefully silled the new window opening to ensure a level base.
sill
Adjective
UK
/sɪl/
US
/sɪl/
Situated at, relating to, or forming a sill (used before another noun).
The carpenters installed the sill plate before raising the wall studs.
Idioms and phrases
window sill
She placed the flower pot on the window sill.
подоконник
Она поставила цветочный горшок на подоконник.
stone sill
The stone sill was cold to touch.
каменный подоконник
Каменный подоконник был холодным на ощупь.
sill plate
The sill plate is crucial for the stability of the structure.
опорная доска
Опорная доска очень важна для устойчивости конструкции.
door sill
He tripped on the door sill.
порог двери
Он споткнулся о порог двери.
concrete sill
The concrete sill needs repair.
бетонный подоконник
Бетонный подоконник нуждается в ремонте.