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sash

Pronunciation: /sæʃ/

The English word “sash” has 8 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A piece of cloth designed to be worn around the waist.
  2. A decorative length of cloth worn over the shoulder to the opposite hip, often for ceremonial or other formal occasions.
  3. 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.
  4. A draggable vertical or horizontal bar used to adjust the relative sizes of two adjacent windows.
  5. The rectangular frame in which the saw is strained and by which it is carried up and down with a reciprocating motion; the gate.
  6. 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.

verb

  1. To adorn with a sash.
  2. To furnish with a sash.

Etymology

From Arabic شَاش (šāš, “muslin cloth”).

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