sash

UK: /ˈsæʃ/ US: /sæʃ/ ,(sash)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

sash¹ /sæʃ/   n. 

[countable]
1. Clothing a long band or scarf worn over one shoulder or around the waist.

sash² /sæʃ/   n. 

1. Building [countable] a framework, as in a window, in which panes of glass are set.
2. Building [uncountable] such frameworks thought of as a group.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

sash¹  (sash), n. 

1. Clothing a long band or scarf worn over one shoulder or around the waist, as by military officers as a part of the uniform or by women and children for ornament.

v.t. 

2. Clothing to furnish or adorn with a sash:
   a dress sashed at the waist.

• Arabic shāsh
• dissimilated variant of shash (turban of ) muslin 1585–95

sash′less, adj. 

sash²  (sash), n. 

1. Building a fixed or movable framework, as in a window or door, in which panes of glass are set.
2. Building such frameworks collectively.

v.t. 

3. Building to furnish with sashes or with windows having sashes.

• back formation from sashes (plural), dissimilated variant of shashes chassis 1675–85

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sash / sæʃ/ noun

1. a long piece of ribbon, silk, etc, worn around the waist like a belt or over one shoulder, as a symbol of rank

Etymology: 16th Century: from Arabic shāsh muslin

sash / sæʃ/ noun

1. a frame that contains the panes of a window or door

verb (transitive)

1. to furnish with a sash, sashes, or sash windows

Etymology: 17th Century: originally plural sashes, variant of shashes, from chassis