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dreshel

dreshel is the alternative form of threshel.

dreshel is the alternative form of threshold.

Meaning of threshel

Noun

threshel (plural threshels)

  1. A flail for threshing corn.

Meaning of threshold

Noun

threshold (plural thresholds)

  1. The lowermost part of a doorway that one crosses to enter; a sill.
    • Near-synonym: doorstep
    Synonyms:
    doorsill, doorstep
  2. (broadly) An entrance; the door or gate of a house.
    • Shy. You that did voide your rume vpon my beard, / And foote me as you ſpurne a ſtranger curre / Ouer your threſhold, […]c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    Synonyms:
    doorway, portal
  3. (broadly) Any end or boundary.
  4. (figuratively) The outset of something; the point of entry, or the beginning of an action.
    • on the threshold of maturity
  5. The start of the landing area of a runway.
  6. The quantitative point at which an action is triggered, especially a lower limit.

See all 8 meanings of threshold

Forms of dreshel

pluraldreshels

Questions about dreshel

What is dreshel the alternative form of?
Dreshel is the alternative form of threshel.

Words near dreshel in the dictionary

  1. Dresdenware
  2. Dresdner
  3. Dresdners
  4. Dresen
  5. Dresens
  6. dreshel
  7. dreshels
  8. dresioside
  9. dress
  10. dress circle
  11. dress circles

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