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Doorjamb

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Noun
  1. 1
    Either of the upright posts on either side of a door, which together support a lintel.

    "There was a ball-pein hammer on a ledge above the doorjamb and Kidd reached up softly and took it down."

  2. 2
    a jamb for a door wordnet

Etymology

From door + jamb.

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