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doorsteps

doorsteps is the plural of doorstep.

doorsteps is the third-person singular simple present indicative of doorstep.

Meaning of doorstep

Noun

doorstep (plural doorsteps)

  1. An outside step leading up to the door of a building, usually a home.
    • Ailie was standing by the doorstep as he came down the road, and her heart stood still with joy.1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide
    Synonyms:
    doorsill
  2. (figuratively) One's immediate neighborhood or locality.
    • They want to build the prison right on our doorstep; it will only be half a mile away and being that close scares me.
  3. (UK, informal) A thick slice, especially of bread.
    • I cut myself a doorstep of bread with masses of butter and went along to see Romanov while I was eating it.2003, Diana Wynne Jones, The Merlin Conspiracy, P 241, →ISBN

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Questions about doorsteps

What is doorsteps the plural of?
Doorsteps is the plural of doorstep.

Words near doorsteps in the dictionary

  1. doorstepper
  2. doorsteppers
  3. doorstepping
  4. doorsteppings
  5. doorsteppy
  6. doorsteps
  7. doorstone
  8. doorstones
  9. doorstop
  10. doorstopper
  11. doorstoppers

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