doorsill, doorstep, threshold
(noun) 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
Source: WordNet® 3.1
doorstep (plural doorsteps)
An outside step leading up to the door of a building, usually a home.
(figuratively) One's immediate neighbourhood or locality.
(UK, informal) A big slice, especially of bread.
doorstep (third-person singular simple present doorsteps, present participle doorstepping, simple past and past participle doorstepped)
(intransitive) To visit one household after another to solicit sales, charitable donations, political support, etc.
(transitive, journalism) To corner somebody for an unexpected interview.
• droopest, optrodes, pet doors, torpedos
Source: Wiktionary
Door"step`, n.
Definition: The stone or plank forming a step before an outer door.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 April 2025
(adjective) capable of being extinguished or killed; “an extinguishable fire”; “hope too is extinguishable”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.