Doorstead

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The entrance or place of a door. obsolete

    "February 20 1767 William Warburton, letter to Richard Hurd I replied , […] "did nobody clog up the King's door-stead more than I, there would be room for all honest men""

Example

More examples

"February 20 1767 William Warburton, letter to Richard Hurd I replied , […] "did nobody clog up the King's door-stead more than I, there would be room for all honest men""

Etymology

From door + stead.

More for "doorstead"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.