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door-post

door-post is the dated form of doorpost.

Meaning of doorpost

Noun

doorpost (plural doorposts)

  1. Either of the upright posts on either side of a door, which together support a lintel; a doorjamb.
    • In every house a he-lamb was to be slain, and its blood to be sprinkled on the doorposts of the house.1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 40

Forms of door-post

pluraldoor-posts

Questions about door-post

What is door-post the dated form of?
Door-post is the dated form of doorpost.

Words near door-post in the dictionary

  1. door-knockers
  2. door-mat
  3. door-mats
  4. door-nail
  5. door-nails
  6. door-post
  7. door-posts
  8. door-prize
  9. door-prizes
  10. door-to-door
  11. Dooralong

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Adapted from Wiktionary: door-post (page history and authors); doorpost (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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