| NOUN | time | threshold | the starting point for a new state or experience |
|---|---|---|---|
| cognition | threshold, limen | the smallest detectable sensation | |
| artifact | threshold, doorway, door, room access | the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building | |
| artifact | threshold, doorsill, doorstep | the sill of a door | |
| shape | threshold, brink, verge | a region marking a boundary |
| Sounds | threh'show.ld | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | behold ... wold: 49 rhymes with owld... | |
| Meaning | The starting point for a new state or experience. | |
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| Example | "on the threshold of manhood" | |
| Broader | beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset | The time at which something is supposed to begin |
| Meaning | The smallest detectable sensation. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | limen | |
| Narrower | absolute threshold | The lowest level of stimulation that a person can detect |
| difference threshold, differential threshold, difference limen, differential limen | The smallest change in stimulation that a person can detect | |
| Broader | sensation, esthesis, aesthesis, sense experience, sense impression, sense datum | An unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation |
| Spanish | limen | |
| Catalan | llindar | |
| Meaning | The entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close. | |
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| Synonyms | doorway, door, room access | |
| Part of | wall | An architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness |
| Parts | casing, case | The enclosing frame around a door or window opening |
| door | A swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle | |
| doorframe, doorcase | The frame that supports a door / door | |
| doorsill, doorstep, threshold | The sill of a door | |
| Narrower | exterior door, outside door | A doorway that allows entrance to or exit from a building |
| Broader | entrance, entranceway, entryway, entry, entree | Something that provides access (to get in or get out) |
| Spanish | acceso, entada, entrada, portal, puerta | |
| Catalan | accés, entrada, portal, porta | |
| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Synonyms | doorsill, doorstep | |
| Part of | doorway, door, room access, threshold | The entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building |
| Broader | sill | structural member consisting of a continuous horizontal timber forming the lowest member of a framework or supporting structure |
| Spanish | umbral | |
| Catalan | llindar | |
| Meaning | A region marking a boundary. | |
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| Synonyms | brink, verge | |
| Broader | boundary, edge, bound | A line determining the limits of an area |
| Spanish | borde, frontera, límite, umbral | |
| Catalan | frontera, límit, llindar, vora | |
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