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Definition of Doorstep
1. 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.
Group relationships: Door, Doorway, Room Access, Threshold
Generic synonyms: Sill
Definition of Doorstep
1. n. The stone or plank forming a step before an outer door.
Definition of Doorstep
1. Noun. Step of a door. The threshold of a doorway. ¹
2. Noun. (figuratively) One's immediate neighbourhood or locality. ¹
3. Noun. A big slice of bread. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) To corner somebody for an unexpected interview. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Doorstep
1. a step leading to a door [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Doorstep
Literary usage of Doorstep
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Songs of Three Centuries by John Greenleaf Whittier (1890)
"[USA] THE doorstep. THE conference-meeting through at last, We boys around the
vestry waited To see the girls come tripping past, Like snowbirds willing to ..."
2. The Poet at the Breakfast-table: He Talks with His Fellow-boarders and the by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1891)
"These are not my legitimate scientific offspring, and you may consider them left
on your doorstep. -1 will not attempt to say just how much of the diction ..."
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