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Ridiculous vs Sill - What's the difference?

ridiculous | sill |

As an adjective ridiculous

is deserving of ridicule; foolish; absurd.

As a noun sill is

(architecture) (also window sill ) a horizontal slat which forms the base of a window or sill can be (uk) a young herring or sill can be the shaft or thill of a carriage.

ridiculous

English

Alternative forms

* (l) * (l)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Deserving of ridicule; foolish; absurd.
    • That hairstyle looks ridiculous .
    It's ridiculous to charge so much for a little souvenir.

    Synonyms

    * silly * willy nilly * frivolous * goofy * funny * humorous * absurd * odd * surreal * unreasonable * See also

    Antonyms

    * straightforward * serious * somber * solemn

    Derived terms

    * ridic * ridiculousness

    Related terms

    * deride * derision * ridicule * ridiculosity * ridiculously

    External links

    * * English words suffixed with -ous

    sill

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) sille, selle, .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (architecture) (also window sill ) A horizontal slat which forms the base of a window.
    • She looked out the window resting her elbows on the window sill .
  • (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 spelled cill. 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.
  • (geology) A horizontal layer of igneous rock between older rock beds.
  • * 1980 , U.S. Government Printing Office, Geological Survey Professional Paper, Volume 1119
    • Minor palingenetic magmas probably were generated at this time and intruded the mantling rocks in the form of small sills and apophyses;
  • A piece of timber across the bottom of a canal lock for the gates to shut against.
  • (anatomy) A raised area at the base of the nasal aperture in the skull.
    • the nasal sill
    Usage notes
    Usually spelled cill when used in the context of canal or river engineering.
    Derived terms
    * mudsill * groundsill * window sill
    Quotations
    * (English Citations of "sill")
    Related terms
    * lintel * plate sense
  • 13 (construction)

    • Etymology 2

    Compare sile.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK) A young herring.

    • Etymology 3

    Compare thill.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The shaft or thill of a carriage.

    • Anagrams

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