sash

English

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -æʃ

Etymology

Arabic شاش (šāš, “muslin cloth”).

Noun

sash (plural sashes)

1. A decorative length of cloth worn as a broad belt or over the shoulder, often for ceremonial or other formal occasions.
2. The opening part of a window usually containing the glass panes, hinged to the jamb, or sliding up and down as in a sash window.
3. (software, graphical user interface) A draggable vertical or horizontal bar used to adjust the relative sizes of two adjacent windows.

Synonyms

• (decorative length of cloth): belt, strap, waistband
• (GUI): splitter

Translations

decorative length of cloth

• Danish: skærf (da) n
• Dutch: sjerp (nl)
• Finnish: nauha (fi), vyö (fi)
• German: Schärpe (de) f
• Greek: ζώνη (el) (zóni) f
• Italian: fascia (it) f, sciarpa (it) f

• Navajo: sis
• Portuguese: faixa (pt) f
• Serbo-Croatian: ešarpa (sh)
• Spanish: banda (es) f, faja (es) f
• Swahili: shuka (sw)

opening part of a window

• Finnish: ikkunanpuite (fi)
• French: ventail (fr) m, battant (fr) m

• Greek: ορθοστάτης (el) (orthostátis) m
• Italian: battente (it) m, anta (it) f, persiana (it) f

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• French: large ceinture à noeud (fr)

Verb

sash (third-person singular simple present sashes, present participle sashing, simple past and past participle sashed)

1. (transitive) To adorn with a sash or scarf.

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