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doorstead

doorstead noun: the entrance or place of a door.

Noun

doorstead (plural doorsteads)

  1. (obsolete) The entrance or place of a door.
    • February 20 1767 William Warburton, letter to Richard Hurd
      I replied , […] "did nobody clog up the King's door-stead more than I, there would be room for all honest men"

Forms of doorstead

pluraldoorsteads

Origin of doorstead

From door + stead.

Questions about doorstead

What does doorstead mean?
Doorstead means the entrance or place of a door.
What part of speech is doorstead?
Doorstead is a noun.
What is the plural of doorstead?
The plural of doorstead is doorsteads.

Words near doorstead in the dictionary

  1. doorslam
  2. doorslams
  3. doorsman
  4. doorsmen
  5. doorstaff
  6. doorstead
  7. doorsteads
  8. doorstep
  9. doorstepped
  10. doorstepper
  11. doorsteppers

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