EGAVE

sash

About 1.17 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A piece of cloth designed to be worn around the waist.
  2. noun A decorative length of cloth worn over the shoulder to the opposite hip, often for ceremonial or other formal occasions.
  3. noun Alternative spelling of shash (“the scarf of a turban”).
  4. verb To adorn with a sash.
  5. noun The opening part of a window, usually containing the glass panes; either hinged to the jamb, or sliding up and down as in a sash window. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  6. noun A draggable vertical or horizontal bar used to adjust the relative sizes of two adjacent windows.
  7. noun The rectangular frame in which the saw is strained and by which it is carried up and down with a reciprocating motion; the gate.
  8. noun A window-like part of a fume hood which can be moved up and down in order to create a barrier between chemicals and people.

Similar words

waistband waistcloth girdle cincture window sash scarf cummerbund obi shawl headband

Often followed by

and of windows is around to was or window

Word family

sashed sashes

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