noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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/ˈdɔː(ɹ)stɛp/
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rhymes with -ɛp
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
An outside step leading up to the door of a building, usually a home.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: doorsill
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
One's immediate neighbourhood or locality.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
They want to build the prison right on our doorstep; it will only be half a mile away and being that close scares me.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A thick slice, especially of bread.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
verb
Meaning 4
To visit one household after another to solicit sales, charitable donations, political support, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
verb
Meaning 5
To corner somebody for an unexpected interview.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: journalism, media
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: doorsill, threshold
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sill
History
Etymology
From door + step.
Across languages
Translations
48 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
عَتَبَةُ الْبَابِ
(ʕatabatu l-bābi)
— threshold of a doorway
Bashkir:
тупһа
(tupha)
— threshold of a doorway
Bashkir:
буҫаға
(buśağa)
— threshold of a doorway
Belarusian:
паро́г
(paróh)
— threshold of a doorway
Bulgarian:
праг
(prag)
— threshold of a doorway
Catalan:
llindar
— threshold of a doorway
Catalan:
marxapeu
— threshold of a doorway
Chinese Mandarin:
門階 /门阶
(ménjiē)
— threshold of a doorway
Chinese Mandarin:
門檻 /门槛
(ménkǎn)
— threshold of a doorway
Czech:
práh
— threshold of a doorway
Danish:
dørtærskel
— threshold of a doorway
Finnish:
kynnys
— threshold of a doorway
French:
seuil
— threshold of a doorway
Galician:
limiar
— threshold of a doorway
Galician:
soarego
— threshold of a doorway
Galician:
soleira
— threshold of a doorway
German:
Eingangsstufe
— threshold of a doorway
German:
Türschwelle
— threshold of a doorway
Greek:
κατώφλι
(katófli)
— threshold of a doorway
Hungarian:
küszöb
— threshold of a doorway
Icelandic:
dyraþrep
— threshold of a doorway
Irish:
leac dorais
— threshold of a doorway
Irish:
tairseach
— threshold of a doorway
Japanese:
戸口の踏み段
(toguchi no fumidan)
— threshold of a doorway
Latin:
līmen
— threshold of a doorway
Macedonian:
праг
(prag)
— threshold of a doorway
Marathi:
उंबरठा
(Umbartha)
— threshold of a doorway
Polish:
próg
— threshold of a doorway
Portuguese:
soleira
— threshold of a doorway
Romanian:
prag
— threshold of a doorway
Russian:
поро́г
(poróg)
— threshold of a doorway
Serbo-Croatian:
праг
— threshold of a doorway
Serbo-Croatian:
prag
— threshold of a doorway
Slovak:
prah
— threshold of a doorway
Slovene:
prag
— threshold of a doorway
Southern Altai:
бозого
(bozogo)
— threshold of a doorway
Spanish:
lumbral
— threshold of a doorway
Swedish:
tröskel
— threshold of a doorway
Thai:
ธรณีประตู
(tɔɔ-rá-nii-bprà-dtuu)
— threshold of a doorway
Tibetan:
སྒོའི་ཐེམ
— threshold of a doorway
Ottoman Turkish:
اشیك
(eşik)
— threshold of a doorway
Ukrainian:
порі́г
(poríh)
— threshold of a doorway
Welsh:
rhiniog
— threshold of a doorway
Welsh:
trothwy
— threshold of a doorway
Bulgarian:
дебела филия
(debela filija)
— thick slice of bread
