Meaning

1 senses
  1. Either of the upright posts on either side of a door, which together support a lintel.

    Türpfosten

    косякkosjak

More definitions
  • a jamb for a door

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Tom is deaf as a doorjamb.

    ruТом глухой как пень.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
upright post on either side of the door:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
upright post on either side of the door:

Origin

From door + jamb.

From door + jamb.

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Forms

plural: doorjambs
Singulardoorjamb
Pluraldoorjambs

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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