About The Word Threshold
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Threshold
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What's The Definition Of Threshold?
[n] the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offer support when passing through a doorway
[n] the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close; "he stuck his head in the doorway" [n] the smallest detectable sensation [n] a region marking a boundary [n] the starting point for a new state or experience; "on the threshold of manhood" Synonyms | Synonyms for Threshold: brink | doorsill | doorstep | limen | verge Related Terms | Find terms related to Threshold: See Also | absolute threshold | beginning | bound | boundary | case | casing | commencement | difference limen | difference threshold | differential limen | differential threshold | door | doorcase | doorframe | doorway | edge | entrance | entranceway | entree | entry | entryway | exterior door | first | kickoff | offset | outset | outside door | room access | sensation | sense datum | sense experience | sense impression | sill | start | starting time | threshold | wall Threshold In Webster's Dictionary \Thresh"old\, n. [OE. threswold, [thorn]reshwold, AS.
[thorn]rescwald, [thorn]erscwald, [thorn]erscold,
[thorn]rescold, fr. [thorn]rescan, [thorn]erscan, to thresh;
akin to Icel. [thorn]reskj["o]de, [thorn]r["o]skuldr, Sw.
tr["o]skel, Dan. t[ae]rskel. See {Thrash}.]
1. The plank, stone, or piece of timber, which lies under a
door, especially of a dwelling house, church, temple, or
the like; the doorsill; hence, entrance; gate; door.
2. Fig.: The place or point of entering or beginning,
entrance; outset; as, the threshold of life.
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