windowsill
noun
the sill under a window.
window sill
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a variation of
windowsill.
Example Sentences
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"I looked out the window and the water was lapping at the bottom of the window sill," he recalled.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2025
“I left a window open last night and the top of my laptop, the desk and the window sill all had ash on them,” my colleague Ian Austen told us from Toronto.
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2023
It might be through an open door or a window sill.
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2023
The writer quickly hurries home but finds nothing amiss, except some tiny paper fragments scattered on the floor and window sill.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2023
He leaned over the window sill and gazed at the four uniformed men who squinted up at him.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
