sill
- sill
(also chiefly Building cill)
noun
1》 a shelf or slab of stone, wood, or metal at the foot of a window or doorway.
↘a strong horizontal member at the base of any structure, e.g. in the frame of a motor or rail vehicle.
2》
Geology a tabular sheet of igneous rock intruded between and parallel with the existing strata. Compare with
dyke1.
3》 an underwater ridge or rock ledge extending across the bed of a body of water.
Origin
OE syll, sylle 'horizontal beam forming a foundation', of Gmc origin.
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sillələmə — «Sillələmək»dən f. is … Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti
sillələnmə — «Sillələnmək»dən f. is … Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti
şillələmə — «Şillələmək»dən f. is … Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti
əsilləşmə — «Əsilləşmək»dən f. is … Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti
Sill — may refer to:* Sill (geology), a tabular mass of rock * Sill plate, a construction element * Sill River, an Austrian tributary * Mount Sill, a California mountainurname* Edward Rowland Sill, American poet and educator * Judee Sill, American… … Wikipedia
sill — s.n. Zăcământ de roci magmatice intruzive, care se prezintă sub forma unor spaţii lamelare umplute cu topituri magmatice. [Scris şi: sil] – Din fr. sill. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98 sill s. n. Trimis de siveco, 15.07.2006 … Dicționar Român
Sill — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Salisbury Crags en Edimburgo, Escocia, una intrusión magmática parcialmente expuesta durante la Edad de Hielo. En geología, un sill o manto es una masa tabular de roca ígnea, con frecuencia horizontal, que ha sido… … Wikipedia Español
Sill — Sillfall in Innsbruck gegenüber dem HauptbahnhofVorlage:Infobox Fluss/KARTE fehlt … Deutsch Wikipedia
sill — like, adj. /sil/, n. 1. a horizontal timber, block, or the like serving as a foundation of a wall, house, etc. 2. the horizontal piece or member beneath a window, door, or other opening. See diag. under double hung. 3. Geol. a tabular body of… … Universalium
sill — ● sill nom masculin (anglais sill, seuil) Filon magmatique mis en place entre deux couches et parallèlement au plan stratigraphique. ● sill (homonymes) nom masculin (anglais sill, seuil) cil nom masculin scille nom féminin … Encyclopédie Universelle
Sill — (s[i^]l), n. [OE. sille, sylle, AS. syl, syll; akin to G. schwelle, OHG. swelli, Icel. syll, svill, Sw. syll, Dan. syld, Goth. gasuljan to lay a foundation, to found.] The basis or foundation of a thing; especially, a horizontal piece, as a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
