| Library / English Dictionary |
DOORSTEP
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("doorstep" is a kind of...):
sill (structural member consisting of a continuous horizontal timber forming the lowest member of a framework or supporting structure)
Holonyms ("doorstep" is a part of...):
door; doorway; room access; threshold (the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close)
Context examples:
The change you feel at eclipse time is often set off by something that happens in the outside world that has nothing to do with any action you took, which you probably don’t even know about—yet that change makes sudden news and shows up at your doorstep.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
You can see for yourself that anyone going out through that open window could reach the front doorstep by taking a long stride.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
When we have found who he is and who his associates are, we should have a good start in learning what he was doing in Pitt Street last night, and who it was who met him and killed him on the doorstep of Mr. Horace Harker.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
