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
  • For months before today’s launch, Google has been anticipating those problems on Earth, shaking spacecraft to simulate the launch and bombarding its chips with proton beams to test their response to radiation.
    — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Electron beams replace ovens Ateios says the process enables coating speeds of 30 meters per minute across a 300-millimeter-wide web.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of beams
Noun
  • Shelton, 23, has become a regular at Washington Spirit games, watching Rodman score braces against Seattle Reign last September and Houston Dash in July.
    — Amelie Claydon, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Lumbar support braces designed to provide relief from chronic low back pain may not be as effective as people have been led to believe, with scientists finding that recommendations are based on low-quality evidence.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Sep. 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
  • There simply wasn’t enough of either scattered across the piles, the team found.
    — Mike McRae October 06, New Atlas, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Nearby, the neat rows of grapevines and fig trees his family had tended for three generations had vanished under piles of rubble.
    — Ghada Abdulfattah, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of piles
Noun
  • Through regular exercises and strategic updates, districts and institutions can pinpoint and remedy potential gaps in their protocols before a real cyber emergency forces them to make high-stakes decisions under pressure.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The Buffs and the Blue Raiders are undefeated in district play and will face off in a high-stakes Week 7 clash.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of stakes
Noun
  • The spa The spa is a huge selling point, constructed from natural rock and timbers in the area.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The splintered timbers, fastened together by rusted iron, emerged near an area where remains believed to be from the Warren Sawyer, a wooden schooner lost in 1884, have been found before.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of timbers
Noun
  • At the age of nine, he was shipped on a lumber freighter from Russia to England; a year later, he was sent to the United States.
    — Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
  • When private forests burn, landowners salvage burned trees, turn them into lumber and replant, turning those forests green again within years.
    — Chris Edwards, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of lumber
Noun
  • The country’s foreign affairs minister also got a warm welcome onstage at a September event in New York, where Cuban Americans for Cuba spoke, according to organizers’ online posts.
    — Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Commenters on both Babsky and Johnson's makeup artist Georgie Eisdel’s Instagram posts begged the artists to share shade details.
    — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of posts
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“Sills.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sills. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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