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What is another word for windowsills?

Pronunciation: [wˈɪndə͡ʊsˌɪlz] (IPA)

Windowsills are the flat, horizontal surfaces that are situated at the bottom of windows. They are typically used to hold decorative items such as plants, vases, or figurines, or as a location to sit or place objects. There are some synonyms for windowsills that might be used instead, depending on the context. These include sills, windows edges, window frames, sill plates, stool, and ledges. Regardless of the term used, windowsills or their synonyms, provide an ideal space to brighten up a room and add character by personalizing the decoration with a unique twist.
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What are the hypernyms for Windowsills?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

  • Other hypernyms:

    ledge, shelf, sill, windowsill ledge, windowsill shelf.

Usage examples for Windowsills

The long, low house was partly roofed with tiles, and the adobe walls of the dwelling were a yard thick, as any one might see who looked at the windowsills.
"Out of the Triangle"
Mary E. Bamford
Steve nodded to the others and perched himself on one of the low windowsills to wait.
"Left End Edwards"
Ralph Henry Barbour
Boys from High school are perched on the lampposts, telegraph poles, windowsills, cornices, gutters, chimneypots, railings, rainspouts, whistling and cheering the pillar of the cloud appears.
"Ulysses"
James Joyce

Famous quotes with Windowsills

  • Seven to eleven is a huge chunk of life, full of dulling and forgetting. It is fabled that we slowly lose the gift of speech with animals, that birds no longer visit our windowsills to converse. As our eyes grow accustomed to sight they armor themselves against wonder.
    Leonard Cohen

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