sills

noun

Definition of sillsnext
plural of sill
as in beams

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  1. piles
  2. timbers
  3. lumber
Noun
  • In one photo, Kristoff is outside, surrounded by piles of excrement and a plastic doghouse.
    Rachel McRady, People.com, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Letting the roast simmer for hours in a mixture of pickled jalapeño brine and fish sauce yields a fall-apart tangle of meat that’s wildly good on soft rolls or over piles of rice.
    Margaux Laskey, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of piles
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
Definition of timbers
Noun
  • On a windy summer afternoon, three of us hiked to the summit of The Mesa carrying lumber, tools, and bedsheets.
    The Editors, Outside Online, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Anyway, this is where my mind is two days after the band’s last show in Sydney, when Martin lumbers into a hotel suite with sweeping views of Auckland’s waterfront.
    Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of lumber
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silliness

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silly

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