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- pronunciation:
- thresh
hold
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thresh
old
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun)
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noun |
| definition 1: |
the sill underneath a door; doorway.
It's traditional for a groom to carry his bride over the threshold.- synonyms:
- doorsill, sill
- similar words:
- doorway
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| definition 2: |
the beginning of a new event, undertaking, or the like.
Poor leadership has brought the two countries to the threshold of war.Having completed his degree, he was now on the threshold of a new life.- synonyms:
- brink, gateway, verge
- similar words:
- beginning, dawn, edge, inception, outset, start
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| definition 3: |
the point at which a stimulus produces a response.
the threshold of perceptionthe threshold of anger- similar words:
- verge
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| related words: |
door, portal, precipice |
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