sills

noun

Definition of sillsnext
plural of sill
as in beams

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  1. piles
  2. timbers
  3. lumber
Noun
  • The city of Austin, for example, requires permits for any open burning, including of brush piles.
    Bianca Moreno-Paz, Austin American-Statesman, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The city of Austin, for example, requires permits for any open burning, including of brush piles.
    Bianca Moreno-Paz, Austin American-Statesman, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of piles
Noun
  • 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
  • The wreck is mostly covered by coral, but Castro and other divers have been able to excavate timbers from the ship’s hull and frame by digging trenches.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of timbers
Noun
  • The force of the lumber appeared to push the white car to the far left, off the highway and into a tree.
    Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Rebecca Cohen After the holidays, the famed Rockefeller Center Christmas tree will be milled into lumber that is used by Habitat for Humanity for home building, NBC said in a statement.
    NBC News, NBC News, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of lumber
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