"doorjamb" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: doorjambs [plural]
Etymology: door + jamb Etymology templates: {{compound|en|door|jamb}} door + jamb Head templates: {{en-noun}} doorjamb (plural doorjambs)
  1. Either of the upright posts on either side of a door, which together support a lintel. Wikipedia link: doorjamb Categories (topical): Architectural elements Synonyms: doorpost Hypernyms: jamb Related terms: doorframe Translations (upright post on either side of the door): φλιά (phliá) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), zárubeň [feminine] (Czech), veřej [feminine] (Czech), deurpost [masculine] (Dutch), b-n:S-xt (bnš) (Egyptian), ovenpieli (Finnish), jambage (French), piédroit [masculine] (French), marco [masculine] (Galician), macheta [feminine] (Galician), Türpfosten [masculine] (German), ajtófélfa (Hungarian), ursain [feminine] (Irish), postis [masculine] (Latin), tokotoko (Maori), tuturu (Maori), whakawai (Maori), хаалганы хүрээ (xaalgany xüree) (Mongolian), airsa [feminine] (Old Irish), Däarenjerecht [neuter] (Plautdietsch), futryna [feminine] (Polish), umbral [masculine] (Portuguese), batente [masculine] (Portuguese), косяк (kosjak) [masculine] (Russian), štok [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), dovratak (Serbo-Croatian), dintel [masculine] (Spanish), dörrpost [common-gender] (Swedish), dörrkarm [common-gender] (Swedish)

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