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door post

door post is the alternative 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 alternative form of?
Door post is the alternative form of doorpost.

Words near door post in the dictionary

  1. Door Peninsula
  2. door phone
  3. door phones
  4. door plug
  5. door plugs
  6. door post
  7. door posts
  8. door prize
  9. door prizes
  10. door pump
  11. door pumps

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