doorjamb

English

Etymology

door +‎ jamb

Noun

doorjamb (plural doorjambs)

1. Either of the upright posts on either side of a door, which together support a lintel.

Synonyms

• doorpost

Hypernyms

• jamb

Related terms

• doorframe

Translations

upright post on either side of the door

• Egyptian: (bnš)
• Finnish: ovenpieli (fi)
• French: jambage (fr), piédroit (fr) m
• Galician: marco m, macheta f
• Greek:

  Ancient: φλιά f (phliá)

• Hungarian: ajtófélfa (hu)

• Irish: ursain f

  Old Irish: airsa f

• Latin: postis m
• Maori: tokotoko, tuturu, whakawai
• Portuguese: umbral (pt) m
• Serbo-Croatian: štok (sh) m, dovratak (sh)
• Swedish: dörrpost (sv) c, dörrkarm (sv) c