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doorstep

[dawr-step, dohr-]
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noun

a step or one of a series of steps leading from the ground to a door.
British Slang. a thick slice of bread.

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RELATED WORDS

stair, brink, verge, run, tread, rest, gradation, rung, notch, round, origin, entrance, door, point, outset, start, edge, vestibule, inception, gate

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  1. doorplate,
  2. doorpost,
  3. doors,
  4. doorsill,
  5. doorstead,
  6. doorstone,
  7. doorstop,
  8. doorway,
  9. doorwoman,
  10. dooryard

Origin of doorstep

First recorded in 1800–10; door + step
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British Dictionary definitions for doorstep

doorstep

noun

a step in front of a door
on one's doorstep very close or accessible
informal a thick slice of bread

verb -steps, -stepping or -stepped (tr)

to canvass (a district) or interview (a member of the public) by or in the course of door-to-door visiting
(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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Word Origin and History for doorstep

doorstep

n.

1810, from door + step (n.).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Idioms and Phrases with doorstep

doorstep

see under at one's door (on one's doorstep).

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