sash
/sæʃ/noun, verb
sash is spelled S-A-S-H: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,516th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sash means “A piece of cloth designed to be worn around the waist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sash is sashes.
How many letters and syllables are in sash?
| Letters | 4: S-A-S-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.7 times per million words; the 21,516th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is sash?
Sash appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,516th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce sash?
- /sæʃ/
Sash has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-sash.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of sash
- sashes plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- sashing participle, present
- sashed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sash mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A piece of cloth designed to be worn around the waist.
- 2
A decorative length of cloth worn over the shoulder to the opposite hip, often for ceremonial or other formal occasions.
- 3
obsoleteAlternative spelling of shash (“the scarf of a turban”).
- 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.
Near-synonym: casement
- 5
A draggable vertical or horizontal bar used to adjust the relative sizes of two adjacent windows.
- 6
The rectangular frame in which the saw is strained and by which it is carried up and down with a reciprocating motion; the gate.
- 7
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
- 1
To adorn with a sash.
- 2
To furnish with a sash.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sash in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | écharpe , ventail, battant, ouvrant |
| German | Schärpe , Schiebeflügel, Fensterflügel, Schieberahmen |
| Portuguese | faixa |
| Spanish | guillotina, panel, painel |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does sash come from?
From Arabic شَاش (šāš, “muslin cloth”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).