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Lintel vs Windowsill - What's the difference?

lintel | windowsill |

As nouns the difference between lintel and windowsill

is that lintel is a horizontal structural beam spanning an opening, such as between the uprights of a door or a window, and which supports the wall above while windowsill is the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame.

As a proper noun Lintel

is the computing environment of the Linux operating system running on an Intel CPU; mostly in a server.

lintel

English

Noun

(en 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.
  • * 1915 , ":
    • Athelny had told him that he lived in a house built by Inigo Jones; he had raved, as he raved over everything, over the balustrade of old oak; and when he came down to open the door for Philip he made him at once admire the elegant carving of the lintel .

    Synonyms

    * (l)

    Coordinate terms

    * (l) * (l)

    External links

    * *

    Anagrams

    * ----

    windowsill

    English

    Alternative forms

    * window sill

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame

    • Related terms

    * window * sill