Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A step leading to a door.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The step of a door; the threshold.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The stone or plank forming a step before an outer door.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Step of a door. Thethreshold of adoorway . - noun figuratively One's immediate
neighbourhood orlocality . - noun A big
slice ofbread . - verb transitive To
corner somebody for an unexpectedinterview .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun 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
Etymologies
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Although landing in the City of Light, typing on Karl Lagerfled's literal doorstep is a bit gauche, very American and maybe a bit brash.
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Although landing in the City of Light, typing on Karl Lagerfled's literal doorstep is a bit gauche, very American and maybe a bit brash.
Alex Geana: Crashing Paris Fashion Week (PHOTOS) Alex Geana 2010
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Although landing in the City of Light, typing on Karl Lagerfled's literal doorstep is a bit gauche, very American and maybe a bit brash.
Alex Geana: Crashing Paris Fashion Week (PHOTOS) Alex Geana 2010
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Yesterday afternoon a package showed up on my doorstep from the lovely folks at Focus Features - the company that bought the film during the fest.
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To think that a bad review could result in an incensed author and their posse showing up on my doorstep is pretty damn creepy - online stalking and harassment is equally creepy in my mind.
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Stacey Daniels has always been attracted to the wrong type of men – and the muscular, Viking-like champion on her front doorstep is no exception.
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Stacey Daniels has always been attracted to the wrong type of men – and the muscular, Viking-like champion on her front doorstep is no exception.
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Cliff Ronning walked to the doorstep from the left corner and attempted a backhander that Giguere stopped with his left pad.
USATODAY.com 2003
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The same fighting, enduring, can-do spirit Roberta used to pull herself away from death's doorstep is shared in the Zito family.
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In (ice) hockey, a particular location on the ice.
"Chris Kunitz buried a rebound from the doorstep" - Vancouver Sun, 1-10-08
January 11, 2008