noun · verb · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/sæʃ/
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rhymes with -æʃ
CMU ARPABET:S AE1 SH
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A piece of cloth designed to be worn around the waist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
Alternative spelling of shash (“the scarf of a turban”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Near-synonym: casement
1823, Clement Clarke Moore, “Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas” (“The Night before Christmas”), Away to the window I flew like a flash, Tore open the shutters, and threw up the sash.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: casement
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
A draggable vertical or horizontal bar used to adjust the relative sizes of two adjacent windows.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
8
verb
Meaning 8
To adorn with a sash.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
1796, Edmund Burke, Letters on a Regicide Peace, Letter IV to the Earl Fitzwilliam, in The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, London: C. and J. Rivington, 1826, Volume 9, p. 46, [...] the Costume of the Sans-culotte Constitution of 1793 was absolutely insufferable [...] but now they are so powdered and perfumed, and ribanded, and sashed and plumed, that [...] there is something in it more grand and noble, something more suitable to an awful Roman Senate, receiving the homage of dependant Tetrarchs.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
9
verb
Meaning 9
To furnish with a sash.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
10
noun
Meaning 10
a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: girdle, cincture, waistband, waistcloth
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: band
Narrower terms: cummerbund
11
noun
Meaning 11
a framework that holds the panes of a window in the window frame
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: window sash
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: framework
Narrower terms: casement
History
Etymology
From Arabic شَاش (šāš, “muslin cloth”).
From sashes, from metathesis of French châssis (“frame (of a window or door)”), taken as a plural and -s trimmed off by the late 17th century. See also chassis.
Across languages
Translations
64 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
وِشَاح
(wišāḥ)
— decorative length of cloth
Azerbaijani:
belbağı
— decorative length of cloth
Azerbaijani:
qurşaq
— decorative length of cloth
Bulgarian:
пояс
(pojas)
— decorative length of cloth
Chinese Mandarin:
飾帶 /饰带
(shìdài)
— decorative length of cloth
Czech:
šerpa
— decorative length of cloth
Danish:
skærf
— decorative length of cloth
Dutch:
sjerp
— decorative length of cloth
Finnish:
nauha
— decorative length of cloth
Finnish:
vyö
— decorative length of cloth
French:
écharpe
— decorative length of cloth
German:
Schärpe
— decorative length of cloth
Greek:
ζώνη
(zóni)
— decorative length of cloth
Hebrew:
אַבְנֵט
(avnét)
— decorative length of cloth
Italian:
fascia
— decorative length of cloth
Italian:
sciarpa
— decorative length of cloth
Japanese:
帯
(obi)
— decorative length of cloth
Kashubian:
szerpa
— decorative length of cloth
Korean:
허리띠
(heoritti)
— decorative length of cloth
Macedonian:
по́јас
(pójas)
— decorative length of cloth
Macedonian:
ѕу́ница
(dzúnica)
— decorative length of cloth
Malay:
sawat
— decorative length of cloth
Māori:
tāpeka
— decorative length of cloth
Navajo:
sis
— decorative length of cloth
Persian:
بروفه
(borufe)
— decorative length of cloth
Polish:
pas
— decorative length of cloth
Polish:
szarfa
— decorative length of cloth
Portuguese:
faixa
— decorative length of cloth
Russian:
по́яс
(pójas)
— decorative length of cloth
Russian:
куша́к
(kušák)
— decorative length of cloth
Russian:
ле́нта
(lénta)
— decorative length of cloth
Serbo-Croatian:
ešarpa
— decorative length of cloth
Spanish:
banda
— decorative length of cloth
Swahili:
shuka
— decorative length of cloth
Swedish:
skärp
— decorative length of cloth
Ukrainian:
пояс
(pojas)
— decorative length of cloth
Ukrainian:
перев'яз
(perevʺjaz)
— decorative length of cloth
Esperanto:
skarpo
— decorative length of cloth worn over the shoulder
Chinese Mandarin:
窗扇
(chuāngshàn)
— opening part of a window
Chinese Mandarin:
窗框
(chuāngkuàng)
— opening part of a window
Dutch:
schuifraam
— opening part of a window
Finnish:
ikkuna
— opening part of a window
Finnish:
ikkunanpuite
— opening part of a window
French:
ventail
— opening part of a window
French:
battant
— opening part of a window
French:
ouvrant
— opening part of a window
German:
Schiebeflügel
— opening part of a window
German:
Fensterflügel
— opening part of a window
German:
Schieberahmen
— opening part of a window
Greek:
ορθοστάτης
(orthostátis)
— opening part of a window
Italian:
battente
— opening part of a window
Italian:
anta
— opening part of a window
Italian:
persiana
— opening part of a window
Spanish:
guillotina
— opening part of a window
Spanish:
panel
— opening part of a window
Spanish:
painel
— opening part of a window
Swedish:
fönsterbåge
— opening part of a window
Swedish:
båge
— opening part of a window
Turkish:
söve
— opening part of a window
Turkish:
çerçeve
— opening part of a window
Ottoman Turkish:
چرچوه
(çerçeve)
— opening part of a window
Finnish:
kehys
— graphical user interface: draggable bar
Finnish:
raami
— rectangular frame in which a saw is strained
Russian:
ра́ма
(ráma)
— rectangular frame in which a saw is strained
