'Threshold' definitions:
Definition of 'threshold'
(from WordNet)
noun
The starting point for a new state or experience; "on the threshold of manhood"
noun
The smallest detectable sensation [syn: threshold, limen]
noun
The entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close; "he stuck his head in the doorway" [syn: doorway, door, room access, threshold]
noun
The sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway [syn: doorsill, doorstep, threshold]
noun
Definition of 'Threshold'
From: GCIDE
- Threshold \Thresh"old\, n. [OE. threswold, [thorn]reshwold, AS. [thorn]rescwald, [thorn]erscwald, [thorn]erscold, [thorn]rescold, fr. [thorn]rescan, [thorn]erscan, to thresh; akin to Icel. [thorn]reskj["o]de, [thorn]r["o]skuldr, Sw. tr["o]skel, Dan. t[ae]rskel. See Thrash.]
- 1. The plank, stone, or piece of timber, which lies under a door, especially of a dwelling house, church, temple, or the like; the doorsill; hence, entrance; gate; door. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Fig.: The place or point of entering or beginning, entrance; outset; as, the threshold of life. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'threshold'
From: Easton
- Threshold
- Heb. miphtan, probably a projecting beam at a higher point than the threshold proper (1 Sam. 5:4,5; Ezek. 9:3; 10:4,18; 46:2; 47:1); also rendered "door" and "door-post."
- 'Asuppim, pl. (Neh. 12:25), rendered correctly "storehouses" in the Revised Version. In 1 Chr. 26:15, 17 the Authorized Version retains the word as a proper name, while in the Revised Version it is translated "storehouses."
Synonyms of 'threshold'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- archway,
- back door,
- barway,
- beginning,
- border line,
- bound,
- boundary,
- boundary condition,
- boundary line,
- bourn,
- break boundary,
- breakoff point,
- brink,
- bulkhead,
- carriage entrance,
- ceiling,
- cellar door,
- cellarway,
- circumscription,
- commencement,
- compass,
- confine,
- cutoff,
- cutoff point,
- dawn,
- deadline,
- delimitation,
- determinant,
- division line,
- door,
- doorjamb,
- doorpost,
- doorsill,
- doorstep,
- doorstone,
- doorway,
- edge,
- end,
- entrance,
- entrance hall,
- entranceway,
- entry,
- entryway,
- extremity,
- finish,
- floor,
- foyer,
- French door,
- front door,
- frontier,
- galilee,
- gate,
- gatepost,
- gateway,
- groundsel,
- hatch,
- hatchway,
- hedge,
- high-water mark,
- interface,
- limen,
- limit,
- limitation,
- limiting factor,
- line,
- line of demarcation,
- lintel,
- lobby,
- low-water mark,
- lower limit,
- march,
- mark,
- mete,
- mudsill,
- narthex,
- outset,
- point,
- porch,
- portal,
- porte cochere,
- portico,
- postern,
- propylaeum,
- pylon,
- scuttle,
- side door,
- sill,
- start,
- starting line,
- starting point,
- stile,
- stoa,
- storm door,
- target date,
- term,
- terminal date,
- terminus,
- time allotment,
- tollgate,
- trap,
- trap door,
- turnpike,
- turnstile,
- upper limit,
- verge,
- vestibule,
- window sill