The difference between Lintel and Sill

When used as nouns, lintel means a horizontal structural beam spanning an opening, such as between the uprights of a door or a window, and which supports the wall above, whereas sill means (also window sill) a horizontal slat which forms the base of a window.


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  1. Lintel as a noun (architecture):

    A horizontal structural beam spanning an opening, such as between the uprights of a door or a window, and which supports the wall above.

  1. Sill as a noun (architecture):

    (also window sill) A horizontal slat which forms the base of a window.

    Examples:

    "She looked out the window resting her elbows on the [[window sill]]''."

  2. Sill as a noun (construction):

    A horizontal, structural member of a building near ground level on a foundation or pilings or lying on the ground in earth-fast construction and bearing the upright portion of a frame. Also called a ground plate, groundsill, sole, sole-plate, mudsill. An interrupted sill fits between posts instead of being below and supporting the posts in timber framing.

  3. Sill as a noun (geology):

    A horizontal layer of igneous rock between older rock beds.

  4. Sill as a noun:

    A piece of timber across the bottom of a canal lock for the gates to shut against.

  5. Sill as a noun (anatomy):

    A raised area at the base of the nasal aperture in the skull.

    Examples:

    "the nasal sill"

  6. Sill as a noun (military, historical):

    The inner edge of the bottom of an embrasure.

  1. Sill as a noun (UK):

    A young herring.

  1. Sill as a noun:

    The shaft or thill of a carriage.

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