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doorsill

/ˈdɔɹsɪɫ/ noun

The horizontal piece of material at the threshold of a doorway; a doorstep.

Word Origin Doorsill combines door (from PIE *dhwer- 'door, gate') and sill (from PIE *swel- 'post, beam'). A sill is the threshold beam at the bottom of a door. The same door root gives us foreign (outside the door) and forest (outside, the woods). Sill also appears in windowsill.

noun The horizontal piece of material at the threshold of a doorway; a doorstep. countable

He tripped over the wooden doorsill while entering the old cottage.

(名词) 门槛；门坎

他进入旧农舍时被木制门槛绊倒了。

(sustantivo) La pieza horizontal de material en el umbral de una puerta; un escalón de entrada.

Se tropezó con el umbral de madera al entrar en la vieja cabaña.

(nom) seuil; seuil de porte; pas de porte [Pièce horizontale située au seuil d'une porte ; marche d'entrée.]

Il a trébuché sur le **doorsill** en bois en entrant dans le vieux cottage.

(Substantiv) Türschwelle; Schwelle [die waagerechte Schwelle oder der untere Abschluss eines Türrahmens; die Türschwelle.]

Er stolperte über den hölzernen **doorsill**, als er die alte Hütte betrat.

(名詞) 戸口のしきいにある水平の材木。敷居。

彼は古い小さな家に入るとき木の敷居に躓いた。

(substantivo) soleira; soleira da porta; limiar [A peça horizontal de material no umbral de uma porta; soleira.]

Ele tropeçou na soleira de madeira ao entrar no velho chalé.

Synonyms: threshold doorstep door threshold sill entryway step doorway base door bottom cill Antonyms: lintel doorhead top of doorway doorframe top
Word parts: door + sill

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