Threshold Definition
thrĕshōld, -hōld
thresholds
noun
thresholds
A piece of wood or stone placed beneath a door; a doorsill.
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Webster's New World
Either end of an airport runway.
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The entrance or beginning point of something.
At the threshold of a new career.
Webster's New World
The point at which a stimulus is just strong enough to be perceived or to produce a response.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Threshold
Noun
Singular:
threshold
Plural:
thresholdsOrigin of Threshold
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Middle English thresshold from Old English therscold, threscold terə-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Old English þrescold (“doorsill", "point of entering"), from þrescan (“tread", "trample")
From Wiktionary
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