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doorposts

doorposts is the plural 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

Questions about doorposts

What is doorposts the plural of?
Doorposts is the plural of doorpost.

Words near doorposts in the dictionary

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

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