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door·step
(dôr′stĕp′)n.
A step leading to a door.
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doorstep
(ˈdɔːˌstɛp)n
1. (Architecture) a step in front of a door
2. on one's doorstep very close or accessible
3. (Cookery) informal a thick slice of bread
vb (tr) , -steps, -stepping or -stepped
4. to canvass (a district) or interview (a member of the public) by or in the course of door-to-door visiting
5. (of a journalist) to wait outside the house of (someone) to obtain an interview, photograph, etc when he or she emerges
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door•step
(ˈdɔrˌstɛp, ˈdoʊr-)n.
a step in front of an outside door.
[1800–10]
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doorstep
Past participle: doorstepped
Gerund: doorstepping
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| Noun | 1. |  doorstep - 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 doorwaydoorway, room access, door, threshold - 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" sill - structural member consisting of a continuous horizontal timber forming the lowest member of a framework or supporting structure |
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Translations
دَرَجَةُ البابعَتَبَة باب البَيْت
práhschod přede dveřmi
dørtrin
kynnys
prag
lépcsõ
dyraòrep
戸口の上がり段
현관 계단
schod pri dverách
farstutrappa
ธรณีประตู
ngưỡng cửa
doorstep
[ˈdɔːstep]A. N (= threshold) → umbral m; (= step) → peldaño m de la puerta
on our doorstep → en la puerta de casa
we don't want an airport on our doorstep → no queremos un aeropuerto aquí tan cerca
on our doorstep → en la puerta de casa
we don't want an airport on our doorstep → no queremos un aeropuerto aquí tan cerca
B. VT (Brit) ir los periodistas a la casa de una persona para hacerle fotos o una entrevista, a menudo en contra de su voluntad
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
doorstep
[ˈdɔːrstɛp] n (outside front door) → pas m de (la) porte, seuil mon one's doorstep (= nearby) → aux alentours
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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
door
(doː) noun1. the usually hinged barrier, usually of wood, which closes the entrance of a room, house etc. He knocked loudly on the door.
2. a means of achieving something. the door to success.
ˈdoorknob noun a knob-shaped handle for opening and closing a door.
ˈdoorman noun a man on duty at the door of a hotel, store etc.
ˈdoormat noun a mat kept in front of the door for people to wipe their feet on.
ˈdoorstep noun a raised step just outside the door of a house.
ˈdoorway noun the space usually filled by a door. He was standing in the doorway.
on one's doorstep very close to where one lives. The Welsh mountains are on our doorstep.
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doorstep
→ دَرَجَةُ الباب práh dørtrin Türstufe κατώφλι umbral kynnys pas de porte prag uscio 戸口の上がり段 현관 계단 drempel terskel stopień u drzwi soleira da porta порог farstutrappa ธรณีประตู kapı eşiği ngưỡng cửa 门阶Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009