doorjamb

English

Etymology

door +‎ jamb

Noun

doorjamb (plural doorjambs)

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 m, macheta (gl) f
German: Türpfosten (de) m
Greek:
Ancient: φλιά f (phliá)
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

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