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noun
- The bottom-most part of a doorway that one crosses to enter; a sill.
- (context, by extension) An entrance
- The start of the landing area of a runway
- (engineering) The quantitative point at which an action is triggered, especially a lower limit
- The wage or salary at which income tax becomes due
- The outset of an action or project
Translations: - Dutch: drempel
(trans-mid)
(trans-bottom)
Etymology: Old English írescoldThis comes from the practice of placing a board to prevent the thresh or straw from leaving the house. Thresh was placed on stone floors to aid in traction.
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