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Doorcase

The surrounding frame into which a door shuts.

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Frame 76% connected

To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure; specifically, in woodwork, to put together by cutting parts o…

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Framework 76% connected

The work of framing, or the completed work; the frame or constructional part of anything; as, the framework of society.

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Door 70% connected

An opening in the wall of a house or of an apartment, by which to go in and out; an entrance way.

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Doorway 70% connected

The passage of a door; entrance way into a house or a room.

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Threshold 70% connected

The plank, stone, or piece of timber, which lies under a door, especially of a dwelling house, church, temple, or the like; the doorsill; hence, entr…

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Doorpost 70% connected

The jamb or sidepiece of a doorway.

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