Dictionary Entry
threshold
threshold is a 9-letter English word with 7 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 15 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
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.
- 2noun
Fig.: The place or point of entering or beginning, entrance; outset; as, the threshold of life.
- 3noun
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
- 4noun
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"
- 5noun
the smallest detectable sensation
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- 6noun
a region marking a boundary
- 7noun
the starting point for a new state or experience
"on the threshold of manhood"
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