doorjamb

English

Etymology

From door +‎ jamb.

Noun

doorjamb (plural doorjambs)

1. Either of the upright posts on either side of a door, which together support a lintel.
   • 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 123:

     There was a ball-pein hammer on a ledge above the doorjamb and Kidd reached up softly and took it down.

Synonyms

• doorpost

Hypernyms

• jamb

Related terms

• doorframe

Translations

upright post on either side of the door

• Czech: zárubeň f, veřej f
• Dutch: deurpost (nl) m
• Egyptian: (bnš)
• Finnish: ovenpieli (fi)
• French: jambage (fr), piédroit (fr) m
• Galician: marco (gl) m, macheta (gl) f
• German: Türpfosten (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: φλιά f (phliá), σταθμός m (stathmós)

• Hebrew: מְזוּזָה (he) f (m'zuzá)
• Hungarian: ajtófélfa (hu)
• Irish: ursain f

  Old Irish: airsa f

• Latin: postis m
• Maori: tokotoko, tuturu, whakawai
• Mongolian: хаалганы хүрээ (xaalgany xüree)
• Plautdietsch: Däarenjerecht n
• Polish: futryna (pl) f
• Portuguese: umbral (pt) m, batente (pt) m
• Russian: косяк (ru) m (kosjak)
• Serbo-Croatian: štok (sh) m, dovratak (sh)
• Spanish: dintel (es) m
• Swedish: dörrpost (sv) c, dörrkarm (sv) c