Threshold
['θreʃəʊld;'θreʃ,həʊld] or ['θrɛʃhold]
Definition
(noun.) the smallest detectable sensation.
(noun.) the starting point for a new state or experience; 'on the threshold of manhood'.
Typist: Willard--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The plank, stone, or piece of timber, which lies under a door, especially of a dwelling house, church, temple, or the like; the doorsill; hence, entrance; gate; door.
(n.) Fig.: The place or point of entering or beginning, entrance; outset; as, the threshold of life.
Inputed by Juana
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Doorsill.[2]. Entrance, outset, beginning, commencement, start.
Typed by Ada
Definition
n. a piece of wood or stone under the door of a house: door: entrance: the place or point of entering.
Checked by Aron
Examples
- Somewhat daunted by this reception, Jo hesitated on the threshold, murmuring in much embarrassment. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The women's faces, as she paused interrogatively on the threshold, were a study in hesitation. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- And today was the white, snowy iridescent threshold of all possibility. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Afterwards the door opened, and Fairway appeared on the threshold, accompanied by Christian and another. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The wonder and consternation with which Joe stopped on the threshold of his bite and stared at me, were too evident to escape my sister's observation. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- As Tarzan stood upon the threshold brooding, D'Arnot had entered the cabin. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- It brought me to the very threshold of the old door. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The dark mark of fate and doom was on the threshold--the tall old threshold surmounted by coronets and caned heraldry. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- That course, for the moment, led merely to Miss Bart's boarding-house; but its shabby door-step had suddenly become the threshold of the untried. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Making free with neither bell nor knocker, he struck upon the door with the top of his staff, and, having listened, sat down on the threshold. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He had again moved toward the door, and in her instinctive shrinking from him she let him regain command of the threshold. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Once more, Miss Verinder appeared on the threshold, in her pretty summer dress. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- On the threshold she turned and paused for his kiss. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- It stood on the threshold of the parlour there, then it passed to the counting-house, and wondered which spot was blessed by the presence of Robert. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He had squared himself on the threshold, his hands thrust deep in his pockets. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The birds were chirping, perched on the windows sills and deserted thresholds of the doors. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
Typist: Lycurgus