sash
Pronunciation: /sæʃ/
The English word “sash” has 8 meanings listed here.
noun
- A piece of cloth designed to be worn around the waist.
- A decorative length of cloth worn over the shoulder to the opposite hip, often for ceremonial or other formal occasions.
- 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.
- A draggable vertical or horizontal bar used to adjust the relative sizes of two adjacent windows.
- The rectangular frame in which the saw is strained and by which it is carried up and down with a reciprocating motion; the gate.
- 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
Etymology
From Arabic شَاش (šāš, “muslin cloth”).
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