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

1. noun. 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. noun. Fig.: The place or point of entering or beginning, entrance; outset; as, the threshold of life.
3. 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

   Synonyms: doorsill, doorstep

4. noun. 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"

   Synonyms: door, doorway

5. noun. the smallest detectable sensation

   Synonyms: limen

6. noun. a region marking a boundary

   Synonyms: brink, verge

7. noun. the starting point for a new state or experience

   "on the threshold of manhood"

Synonyms

doorsill, doorstep, door, doorway, limen, brink, verge

Common word forms

thresholds

Words from these letters

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