Found 4 items, similar to Threshold.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: threshold
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English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: threshold
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: threshold
threshold
n 1: the starting point for a new state or experience;
“on the
threshold of manhood”
2: the smallest detectable sensation [syn:
limen]
3: 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” [syn:
doorway,
door,
room access]
4: 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 [syn:
doorsill,
doorstep]
5: a region marking a boundary [syn:
brink,
verge]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Threshold
Threshold
\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.
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2. Fig.: The place or point of entering or beginning,
entrance; outset; as, the threshold of life.
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