Synonyms:
doorsill, doorstep, threshold
Meaning: 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
Usage examples
An old man with a white beard was sitting on the doorstep enjoying the fresh air.
Said good-bye to us on her doorstep as if she thought she was a perfect Venus Ana--Ana something."
He brought up some clean yellow sand from deep down in the ground and sprinkled it smoothly over his doorstep.
She stopped at the doorstep, drew her skirts aside, and bent over to look at the strange-shaped box at her feet.
I shall be at home to nobody, Withers, this afternoon, even if the Prince of Wales came and sat on my doorstep again.
Then, peering through the tangle of brambles, she spied old Mr. Rabbit sitting on his broken-down doorstep with his arms folded and fast asleep.
I had made my friend understand by a sign that we should do better not to insist; but, being determined to enter the inn, he slipped by the man on the doorstep and was in the common room.