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# windowsill

noun (a windowsill, windowsills)

«windowsill» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A windowsill is the flat shelf at the bottom of a window, inside or outside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/windowsill/#m1)

### In the lessons

In everyday life people put plants, ornaments or cups on the windowsill; in science you grow seeds on a sunny windowsill. In safety lessons, never climb or sit on a windowsill of an open upstairs window. Phrases: «on the windowsill», «a sunny windowsill».

### Examples

- The cat likes to sleep on the windowsill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/windowsill/#x1)
- We grew bean plants on the classroom windowsill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/windowsill/#x2)
- Mum left the pie on the windowsill to cool. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/windowsill/#x3)
- A bird landed on the windowsill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/windowsill/#x4)
- Don't sit on the windowsill when the window is open. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/windowsill/#x5)
- There is dust on the windowsill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/windowsill/#x6)
- Snow piled up on the outside windowsill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/windowsill/#x7)

### Note

Countable. Also written «window sill» (two words) or just «sill». Safety: young children can fall from windows; keep furniture away from windows and never lean on the screen.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «windowsill» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/windowsill/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«windowsill» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/windowsill.html) on Mova free.