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doorcheek

doorcheek noun: the jamb of a door.

Noun

doorcheek (plural doorcheeks)

  1. The jamb of a door.
    • And dippe a bunch of hyſſope in the blould that is at the doore, and ſprinkle the vppertranſome of the doore therwith, and both the doore cheekes: let none of you goe out of the doore of his houſe til morning.1609, The Holie Bible, […] (Douay–Rheims Bible), Doway: Laurence Kellam, […], →OCLC, Exodus 12:22, page 186
    • The doorcheck on that doorway was loose and the door always banged behind him making him startle2015, Meyer Levin, Frankie & Johnnie

Forms of doorcheek

pluraldoorcheeks

Origin of doorcheek

From door + cheek.

Questions about doorcheek

What does doorcheek mean?
Doorcheek means the jamb of a door.
What part of speech is doorcheek?
Doorcheek is a noun.
What is the plural of doorcheek?
The plural of doorcheek is doorcheeks.

Words near doorcheek in the dictionary

  1. doorbusting
  2. doorcase
  3. doorcases
  4. doorchain
  5. doorchains
  6. doorcheek
  7. doorcheeks
  8. DoorDash
  9. DoorDashed
  10. DoorDasher
  11. DoorDashers

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