Tom is deaf as a doorjamb.
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Doorjamb
Synonyms for "doorjamb" (50 found)
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Closest matches (10)
Strong matches (15)
Related words (25)
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Translations
31 translations across 22 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- σταθμός noun (upright post on either side of the door)
- φλιά noun (upright post on either side of the door)
Czech
2 entries- veřej noun (upright post on either side of the door)
- zárubeň noun (upright post on either side of the door)
Dutch
1 entries- deurpost noun (upright post on either side of the door)
Egyptian
1 entries- b-n:S-xt noun (upright post on either side of the door)
Finnish
1 entries- ovenpieli noun (upright post on either side of the door)
French
2 entries- jambage noun (upright post on either side of the door)
- piédroit noun (upright post on either side of the door)
Galician
2 entries- macheta noun (upright post on either side of the door)
- marco noun (upright post on either side of the door)
German
1 entries- Türpfosten noun (upright post on either side of the door)
Hebrew
1 entries- מְזוּזָה noun (upright post on either side of the door)
Hungarian
1 entries- ajtófélfa noun (upright post on either side of the door)
Irish
1 entries- ursain noun (upright post on either side of the door)
Latin
1 entries- postis noun (upright post on either side of the door)
Mongolian
1 entries- хаалганы хүрээ noun (upright post on either side of the door)
Māori
3 entries- tokotoko noun (upright post on either side of the door)
- tuturu noun (upright post on either side of the door)
- whakawai noun (upright post on either side of the door)
Old Irish
1 entries- airsa noun (upright post on either side of the door)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Däarenjerecht noun (upright post on either side of the door)
Polish
1 entries- futryna noun (upright post on either side of the door)
Portuguese
2 entries- batente noun (upright post on either side of the door)
- umbral noun (upright post on either side of the door)
Russian
1 entries- косяк noun (upright post on either side of the door)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- dovratak noun (upright post on either side of the door)
- štok noun (upright post on either side of the door)
Spanish
1 entries- dintel noun (upright post on either side of the door)
Swedish
2 entries- dörrkarm noun (upright post on either side of the door)
- dörrpost noun (upright post on either side of the door)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
There was a ball-pein hammer on a ledge above the doorjamb and Kidd reached up softly and took it down.
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