Definition of 'doorstep'
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense, plural doorsteps
, present participle doorstepping, past tense, past participle doorstepped
1. countable noun
A doorstep is a step in front of a door on the outside of a building.
2. verb
3.
See on your doorstep
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doorstep in British English
verbWord forms: -steps, -stepping, -stepped (transitive)
4.
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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doorstep in American English
(ˈdɔrˌstep, ˈdour-)
noun
1.
a step or one of a series of steps leading from the ground to a door
2. Brit slang
a thick slice of bread
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doorstep
British English: doorstep
/ˈdɔːˌstɛp/ NOUN
A doorstep is a step on the outside of a building, in front of a door.
I went and sat on the doorstep.
- American English: doorstep /ˈdɔrstɛp/
- Arabic: دَرَجَةُ الباب
- Brazilian Portuguese: soleira da porta
- Chinese: 门阶
- Croatian: prag
- Czech: práh
- Danish: dørtrin
- Dutch: drempel
- European Spanish: umbral
- Finnish: kynnys
- French: pas de porte
- German: Türstufe
- Greek: κατώφλι
- Italian: uscio
- Japanese: 戸口の上がり段
- Korean: 현관 계단
- Norwegian: terskel
- Polish: stopień u drzwi
- European Portuguese: soleira da porta
- Romanian: treaptă
- Russian: порог
- Latin American Spanish: umbral
- Swedish: farstutrappa
- Thai: ธรณีประตู
- Turkish: kapı eşiği
- Ukrainian: поріг
- Vietnamese: ngưỡng cửa
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