[
UK
/dˈɔːstɛp/
]
[ US /ˈdɔɹˌstɛp/ ]
[ US /ˈdɔɹˌstɛp/ ]
NOUN
- 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
How To Use doorstep In A Sentence
- A Langley, B.C., family, who had SWAT members show up on their doorstep due to a false 911 call, appear to have become pioneer Canadian victims of an Internet phenomenon known as swatting. The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
- The mobile service is designed to bring the marriage bureau to the doorstep of the customer.
- It has stunning views down the River Necker and was on the doorstep of easily accessible attractions.
- As someone standing on the doorstep looking for a good reason to enter the 'club', swatter is now gone. Sound Politics: King County GOP election results
- We are privileged to have internationally important fish stocks on our doorstep, including salmon in the River Kent, and rare species such as char and schelly in the nearby lakes.
- I have to confess, this is not my first case of doorstepping. Times, Sunday Times
- The 63-year-old had not seen her estranged son for years until he turned up out of the blue on her doorstep. The Sun
- The coalition document did not mention either doorstep lending or payday loans, where borrowers can be charged as much as 2,000 per cent. Times, Sunday Times
- Words are dumped by the gigabyte on our doorstep daily. Christianity Today
- The reporters really were doorstepping the Prime Minister as he made his way to the palace to resign.