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Threshold

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, entrance; gate; door.

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Aesthesis 76% connected

Sensuous perception.

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Beginning 76% connected

of Begin

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Bound 76% connected

of Bind

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Boundary 76% connected

That which indicates or fixes a limit or extent, or marks a bound, as of a territory; a bounding or separating line; a real or imaginary limit.

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Commencement 76% connected

The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; rise; origin; beginning; start.

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Edge 76% connected

The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; as, the edge of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe. Hence, figuratively, that which cuts as an edge…

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Entrance 76% connected

The act of entering or going into; ingress; as, the entrance of a person into a house or an apartment; hence, the act of taking possession, as of pro…

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Entree 76% connected

A coming in, or entrance; hence, freedom of access; permission or right to enter; as, to have the entree of a house.

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Entry 76% connected

The act of entering or passing into or upon; entrance; ingress; hence, beginnings or first attempts; as, the entry of a person into a house or city;…

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First 76% connected

Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest; as, the first day of a month; the first year of a reign.

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Offset 76% connected

In general, that which is set off, from, before, or against, something

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Outset 76% connected

A setting out, starting, or beginning.

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Sensation 76% connected

An impression, or the consciousness of an impression, made upon the central nervous organ, through the medium of a sensory or afferent nerve or one o…

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Sill 76% connected

The basis or foundation of a thing; especially, a horizontal piece, as a timber, which forms the lower member of a frame, or supports a structure; as…

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Start 76% connected

To leap; to jump.

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Component part 6

Case 70% connected

A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cove…

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Casing 70% connected

of Case

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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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Doorcase 70% connected

The surrounding frame into which a door shuts.

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Doorsill 70% connected

The sill or threshold of a door.

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Doorstep 70% connected

The stone or plank forming a step before an outer door.

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Containing whole 3

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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Wall 70% connected

A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot; a wale.

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Synonym 6

Brink 92% connected

The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge, as of a river or pit; a verge; a border; as, the brink of a chasm. A…

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Door 92% 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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Doorsill 92% connected

The sill or threshold of a door.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Doorstep 92% connected

The stone or plank forming a step before an outer door.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Doorway 92% connected

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

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Verge 92% connected

A rod or staff, carried as an emblem of authority; as, the verge, carried before a dean.

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