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'''Sill''' may refer to:
*[[Sill (geology)]], a tabular mass of igneous rock that has been intruded laterally between layers of older rock
* In construction terminology:
**In architecture, a '''sill''' is the bottom edge of a window or door
**In building construction, the bottom horizontal member of a wall or building to which vertical members are attached is called a '''[[wall plate|sill plate]]'''. (This is also, confusedly, sometimes also called ''the sill''.)
**The '''sill''' proper being the finished (leveled} area of a masonry or concrete foundation normally also prepared by imbedding large hold-down 'J' bolts (in concrete) or drilled for '''Lags''' (masonry or concrete) and [[Screw|lag bolt]]s so the sill plate can be fastened to the foundations.
*[[Sill River]], a tributary to the Inn River in Austria
*[[Mount Sill]], a mountain peak in California's Sierra Nevada range
* When magma squeezes between horizontal layers of rock, forms '''sill'''.
*In automobiles, a '''sill''' is a box section of metal (normally steel) which maintains the door gap and provides torsional strength in the body of a car. it normally comprises both an inner, and an outer section which when put together, creates a strong box section. On cars which use monocoque construction, as opposed to a frame chassis, the sill becomes one of the main components providing strength in the body.
==Surname==
* [[Edward Rowland Sill]], American poet and educator
* [[Judee Sill]], American singer-songwriter
* [[Lester Sill]], American record label executive
* [[Beverly Sills]], American opera singer
== See also ==
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* [[Lock (water transport)#Cill|Cill]]
* [[Chill]]
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