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doorstep
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun doorstep has 1 sense
- doorstep(n = noun.artifact) doorsill, threshold - 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; Array is a part of door, doorway, room access, threshold
is a kind of sill
OXFORD DICTIONARY
doorstep, n. & v.
--n.
1 a step leading up to the outer door of a house etc.
2 sl. a thick slice of bread.
--v.intr. (-stepped, -stepping) go from door to door selling, canvassing, etc.
--n.
1 a step leading up to the outer door of a house etc.
2 sl. a thick slice of bread.
--v.intr. (-stepped, -stepping) go from door to door selling, canvassing, etc.
Idiom
on one's (or the) doorstep very close.
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