SASH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sash mean? 

• SASH (noun)
  The noun SASH has 2 senses:

1. a framework that holds the panes of a window in the window frame

2. a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers

  Familiarity information: SASH used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SASH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A framework that holds the panes of a window in the window frame

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

sash; window sash

Hypernyms ("sash" is a kind of...):

frame; framework (a structure supporting or containing something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sash"):

casement (a window sash that is hinged (usually on one side))

Holonyms ("sash" is a part of...):

window (a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cincture; girdle; sash; waistband; waistcloth

Hypernyms ("sash" is a kind of...):

band (a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sash"):

cummerbund (a broad pleated sash worn as formal dress with a tuxedo)

 Context examples 

A pair of silk stockings, that pretty carved fan, and a lovely blue sash.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

And I took a rose from a vase and fastened it in her sash.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

The first ones had been caused by some one forcing an instrument through the slit between the sashes, and the second by the catch being pressed back.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I ordered him to set me down, and lifting up one of my sashes, cast many a wistful melancholy look towards the sea.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

Ah! sir—but a thoughtless young person will sometimes step behind a window-curtain, and throw up a sash, without its being suspected.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Where is your sash, my dear?

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

The men all jumped to their feet; Lord Godalming flew over to the window and threw up the sash.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Any shot directed at this person might hit the sash.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She saw their sashes untied, their hair pulled about their ears, their work-bags searched, and their knives and scissors stolen away, and felt no doubt of its being a reciprocal enjoyment.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

Round his middle was a canary-yellow sash, and dainty little ribbons of the same colour fluttered from the sides of his knees.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)