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κατώφλι — meaning in English

katofli

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English meaning

  • doorstep noun The step just outside the entrance to a house.
  • sill noun The horizontal ledge at the base of a window or door frame.
  • threshold noun The strip or slab at the bottom of a doorway that you step over to enter.

Senses

κατώφλι is used for these senses in English:

  • sill (construction) A threshold; horizontal structural member of a building near ground level on a foundation or pilings, or lying on the ground, and bearing the upright portion of a frame; a sill plate.
  • threshold (engineering) The quantitative point at which an action is triggered, especially a lower limit.

doorstep — full definition

  1. noun The step just outside the entrance to a house.
  2. verb (UK) To turn up unannounced at someone's home, especially to ask questions or make a sale.

sill — full definition

  1. noun The horizontal ledge at the base of a window or door frame.
  2. noun (geology) A flat sheet of igneous rock that has forced its way between existing layers of rock underground.
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