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Defenition of the word threshold

    • Defenition of the word threshold

      • Limit under or above which, a certain event can or can not occur.
      • The bottom-most part of a doorway that one crosses to enter; a sill.
      • a region marking a boundary
      • a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offer support when passing through a doorway
      • 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"
      • the starting point of a new state or experience; "on the threshold of manhood"
      • the smallest detectable sensation
      • the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offer support when passing through a doorway
      • 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"
      • the starting point for a new state or experience; "on the threshold of manhood"
      • 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
      • the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close
      • the starting point for a new state or experience

    Synonyms for the word threshold

      • brink
      • door
      • doorsill
      • doorstep
      • doorway
      • limen
      • room access
      • verge

    Meronymys for the word threshold

      • case
      • casing
      • door
      • doorcase
      • doorframe
      • doorsill
      • doorstep
      • doorway
      • room access
      • threshold
      • wall

    Hyponyms for the word threshold

      • absolute threshold
      • difference limen
      • difference threshold
      • differential limen
      • differential threshold
      • exterior door
      • outside door

    Hypernyms for the word threshold

      • aesthesis
      • beginning
      • bound
      • boundary
      • commencement
      • edge
      • entrance
      • entranceway
      • entree
      • entry
      • entryway
      • esthesis
      • first
      • get-go
      • kickoff
      • offset
      • outset
      • sensation
      • sense datum
      • sense experience
      • sense impression
      • showtime
      • sill
      • start
      • starting time

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