MEANING
The surrounding structure into which a door is fitted and against which it closes.
Use it for
blocked entrances; renovation; body positioningMake the doorway a physical boundary a character can occupy.
Words that belong together
- wooden doorframe
- lean against the doorframe
- warped doorframe
On the page
The refrigerator would not fit through the kitchen doorframe.
She paused with one shoulder against the doorframe.
Years of measuring children had left pencil marks on the doorframe.
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Word forms
- Base
- doorframe
Usage notes
Primary category: architecture. Includes the sides and top; architrave is decorative trim around it, not an exact synonym. Count noun: doorframes; spelling door frame, plural door frames.
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