windowsill

Or win·dow sill

[win-doh-sil]

noun

1. the sill under a window.

windowsill

/ ˈwɪndəʊˌsɪl /

noun

1. a sill below a window

Word History and Origins

Origin of windowsill¹

First recorded in 1695–1705; window + sill

Example Sentences

She slapped her front paws on the windowsill and stared into the night to make sure all was well outside.

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“Oh, sometimes there might be a hexagon drawn on the curtains in his bedroom or a bottle of urine on the windowsill.”

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Ash still clings to the windowsills of the gray home in Altadena, nine months after an inferno ripped the community apart.

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Plant pots and fruit baskets sat on broken windowsills, a reminder of the families that until hours earlier had led their lives tucked away behind these walls.

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“I grabbed a festive disco ball planter with a pothos in it, came home to put it on our windowsill, and I was just so excited,” she says.

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