the floor or ground at the bottom of a doorway, considered as the entrance to a building or room. He stepped across the threshold. on the threshold She ...

1the floor or ground at the bottom of a doorway, considered as the entrance to a building or room She stood hesitating on the threshold.

There are 11 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun threshold, one of which is labelled obsolete. See 'Meaning & use' for definitions, usage, ...

threshold noun (ENTRANCE) ... the part of a floor at the entrance to a building or room: It's traditional for a man to carry his bride over the threshold.

A value beyond which the physical environment adjusts to a change in processes. An example is provided by a glacier, where a build-up of ice and snow over a ...

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun significance threshold. See 'Meaning & use' for definition, usage, and quotation evidence. See meaning & use ...

3 дня назад · The meaning of THRESHOLD is the plank, stone, or piece of timber that lies under a door : sill. How to use threshold in a sentence.

A threshold is an amount, level, or limit on a scale. When the threshold is reached, something else happens or changes. She has a low threshold of boredom ...

the sill of a doorway. · the entrance to a house or building. · any place or point of entering or beginning: the threshold of a new career. · Also called limen.

23 окт. 2024 г. · the level at which something starts to happen: He had a low boredom threshold. on the threshold of sth at the start of a new and important time or development.