sills

plural of sill

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sills
Noun
  • The cats' plates included their water bowls and two piles of food.
    George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
  • In one photo, Kristoff is outside, surrounded by piles of excrement and a plastic doghouse.
    Rachel McRady, People.com, 30 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Many were killed instantly by the explosion, fire, falling timbers, shrapnel and searing steam from the boilers, and many by drowning.
    arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 28 Dec. 2024
  • From across France, itinerant glassblowers, masons and carpenters — hewers, who squared the timbers, joiners, who fit beams together — converged on Paris.
    Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The uncertainty surrounding the tariffs, including the potential effects on the price of raw materials such as steel and lumber, is forcing him to review his plans to build a new restaurant.
    Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2025
  • The biggest losses are projected in the case of persisting tariffs by the U.S. and major retaliatory tariffs coming from the other two countries in question for industries like mining, leather and lumber, but also computers, electronics and electronic equipment.
    Katharina Buchholz, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
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“Sills.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sills. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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