windowsill
or win·dow sill
the sill under a window.
Origin of windowsill
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How to use windowsill in a sentence
For best results, position these stumps on a sunny windowsill and change the water frequently.
6 ways to magically regrow vegetables in only water | Natalie Wallington | October 7, 2021 | Popular-ScienceInexperienced growers get to enjoy their first indoor herb garden without worrying about space requirements with this windowsill herb garden starter kit.
The Urban Leaf Herb Garden can be set up just inside the window or on an existing windowsill shelf.
Part of the rollout also means doubling the number of community gardens by 2030, since growing vegetables on a windowsill or balcony can get cramped, and space on the island is at a premium.
Friends have simply tied the string to nails or hooks along a windowsill.
That morning, he sat in the windowsill and began his day like every other: reading the Bible passage that coincided with the date.
‘Argo’ in the Congo: The Ghosts of the Stanleyville Hostage Crisis | Nina Strochlic | November 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was called windowsill Daydreaming, Rochester, New York, from 1958, and, despite its corny name, it stopped me in my tracks.
New Getty Retrospective On Minor White’s Metamorphosing Camera | Sarah Bay Williams | July 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA rusty, iron key to the past sits on a windowsill in my home.
Just behind the frame, on the windowsill, is a brass logo for the now defunct William Morris Agency.
On my kitchen windowsill (yes, I have a windowed kitchen, my first ever), are four orchid plants.
As he finished speaking, water began to pour over the windowsill, and soon the nursery floor was ankle deep.
The Cruise of the Noah's Ark | David CoryChattie jumped up on the windowsill, with her usual stealthy aplomb, and rubbed herself against the girl's face.
Robert Elsmere | Mrs. Humphry WardHer naked thigh pressed against the windowsill and her bare stomach touched the dirty pane.
Deadly City | Paul W. FairmanThe mark was put by Barker's bloodstained slipper upon the windowsill to suggest how the fugitive got away.
The Valley of Fear | Sir Arthur Conan DoyleIf I lay a piece of butcher's meat on the windowsill, she hastens up, works her will on it and retires.
The Life of the Fly | J. Henri Fabre
British Dictionary definitions for windowsill
/ (ˈwɪndəʊˌsɪl) /
a sill below a window
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