threshold
The lowermost part of a doorway that one crosses to enter; a sill.
Noun 4 meanings
The lowermost part of a doorway that one crosses to enter; a sill.
“Near-synonym: doorstep”
An entrance; the door or gate of a house.
Any end or boundary.
The outset of something; the point of entry, or the beginning of an action.
“on the threshold of maturity”
Etymology
From Middle English threschwolde, threscholde, from Old English þresċold, þerxold, þrexwold (“doorsill, entryway”), from Proto-Germanic *þreskudlaz, *þreskūþlijaz, *þreskwaþluz, from Proto-Germanic *þreskaną, *þreskwaną (“to thresh, (originally) to tread”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub, turn”).
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THRESHOLD at a glance
THRESHOLD has 9 letters and scores 16 points in Scrabble (T 1 + H 4 + R 1 + E 1 + S 1 + H 4 + O 1 + L 1 + D 2) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,737 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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