threshold

thresh-old · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A strip of wood or stone forming the bottom of a doorway.

  2. 2.

    The level at which something begins to happen.

  3. 3.

    A starting point or limit.

Forms

plural: thresholds

Related words

See also: boundary, doorway, limit
Synonyms: brink, doorway, limit

Etymology

From Old English þrescold ("threshold, doorstep"), possibly from þrescan ("to thresh") referring to the place where grain was threshed.