doorstep
An outside step leading up to the door of a building, usually a homeAn outside step leading up to the door of a building, usually a home.
» Tom was standing on the doorstep.
Tom stand vor der Haustür.
Том стоял на пороге.
Meaning
3 sensesAn outside step leading up to the door of a building, usually a home.
Eingangsstufe, Türschwelle
поро́гporóg
порі́гporíh
(figuratively)One's immediate neighborhood or locality.
They want to build the prison right on our doorstep; it will only be half a mile away and being that close scares me.
(UK, informal)A thick slice, especially of bread.
- 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
Examples
43 sentencesTom was standing on the doorstep.
ruТом стоял на пороге.
deTom stand vor der Haustür.
Tom's cat was waiting for him on the doorstep.
ruКот Тома ждал его на пороге.
Tom and Mary sat on the doorstep talking to each other.
deTom und Maria saßen auf der Eingangsstufe und unterhielten sich.
Tom and I sat on the doorstep talking to each other all morning.
This was on the doorstep.