noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

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

Synonyms

All synonyms

doorpostdoorpostarchwayback doorbalusterbalustrade

Example

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

Etymology

From door + jamb.

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