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doorpost

doorpost noun: either of the upright posts on either side of a door, which together support a lintel; a doorjamb.

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 doorpost

pluraldoorposts
alternative formdoor post
alternative form (dated)door-post

Origin of doorpost

From door + post.

Words formed from doorpost

Questions about doorpost

What does doorpost mean?
Doorpost means either of the upright posts on either side of a door, which together support a lintel; a doorjamb.
What part of speech is doorpost?
Doorpost is a noun.
What is the plural of doorpost?
The plural of doorpost is doorposts.

Words near doorpost in the dictionary

  1. doorpersons
  2. doorphone
  3. doorphones
  4. doorplate
  5. doorplates
  6. doorpost
  7. doorposts
  8. doors
  9. doors of perception
  10. doorset
  11. doorsets

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