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doorslab

doorslab noun: a slab forming part of a doorway.

Noun

doorslab (plural doorslabs)

  1. A slab forming part of a doorway.
    • So she picked all the prettiest flowers she could find and strewed them over the door-slab, which they put in its right place again.1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 58
    • This temple is so called from the two carved limestone doorslabs bearing Maya writing, part of which was read as the date 1014 A. D.1928, El Palacio, volumes 25-26, page 119

Forms of doorslab

pluraldoorslabs

Origin of doorslab

From door + slab.

Questions about doorslab

What does doorslab mean?
Doorslab means a slab forming part of a doorway.
What part of speech is doorslab?
Doorslab is a noun.
What is the plural of doorslab?
The plural of doorslab is doorslabs.

Words near doorslab in the dictionary

  1. doorsets
  2. doorside
  3. doorsides
  4. doorsill
  5. doorsills
  6. doorslab
  7. doorslabs
  8. doorslam
  9. doorslams
  10. doorsman
  11. doorsmen

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