sills

noun

plural of sill
as in beams

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sills
  1. beams
  2. braces
  3. splints
  4. piles
  5. stakes
  6. timbers
  7. lumber
  8. posts
Noun
  • In addition to the pump and other aforementioned components, the purchase includes a patch kit for repairing punctured beams or base.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 9 July 2026
  • The off-limits area was later scaled back after work crews braced the buckling beams.
    — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 9 July 2026
Definition of beams
Noun
  • After opening with a scoreless draw against Cape Verde, the reigning European champions have scored eight goals in the past three games, with Mikel Oyarzabal notching a pair of braces.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • Volunteers are also printing neck braces, IV bag holders, and other medical equipment.
    — Tibisay Zea, Christian Science Monitor, 30 June 2026
Definition of braces
Noun
  • Carlos Hernández, director of LayerLab, helped organize a nationwide effort to produce splints and immobilizers after the earthquakes.
    — Tibisay Zea, Christian Science Monitor, 30 June 2026
  • The hospital's remaining staffers got creative, making beds and crutches out of wood and using clothes instead of gauze for makeshift splints.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 Apr. 2026
Definition of splints
Noun
  • Keep the area around your home free from debris, such as leaf piles, mulch, and grass clippings.
    — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 July 2026
  • Whether Spatial surrounds its reggae-toasting host with piles of drums, disorienting electronic beats, or locomotive rock music, Scratch abides as crooner, barker, mystic, meditation coach — whatever the moment requires.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 8 July 2026
Definition of piles
Noun
  • The quality of hoops ranged from genuinely exciting to a snooze, all generally played at a quick tempo that was only occasionally buffered by replay reviews of calls made under the lowest of stakes.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
  • These are symptoms of a system that relies on human memory and best intentions to protect high-stakes information.
    — Brian Stimpfl, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Definition of stakes
Noun
  • Drywood termites don’t make colonies underground but live in structural timbers or even furniture and handrails inside a home.
    — Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 25 June 2026
  • In 1880, Queen Victoria gave President Hayes a desk made of timbers from the HMS Resolute, which sits in the Oval Office today.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 11 June 2026
Definition of timbers
Noun
  • In the episode, Carrie is nearly crushed after Matthew Labyorteaux's Albert Quinn nearly drops a pile of lumber clean on her head.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 3 July 2026
  • Yes, the Sharks spent Wednesday acquiring expensive, heavy lumber.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 2 July 2026
Definition of lumber
Noun
  • Several northbound lanes of I-5 were closed north of Templin Highway as fire vehicles staged on the highway and multiple firefighting helicopters performed water drops from above, according to social media posts from the Angeles National Forest.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • Update to the latest version to see all Vogue content, as well as new features like our Runway Genius quiz, Group Chats, and posts from Vogue contributors.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 6 July 2026
Definition of posts
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