doorstep

[ dawr-step, dohr- ]
/ ˈdɔrˌstɛp, ˈdoʊr- /
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noun

a step or one of a series of steps leading from the ground to a door.
British Slang. a thick slice of bread.

Origin of doorstep

First recorded in 1800–10; door + step

Words nearby doorstep

doorplate, doorpost, doors, doorsill, doorstead, doorstep, doorstone, doorstop, doorway, doorwoman, dooryard

Words related to doorstep

stair, brink, verge, run, tread, rest, gradation, rung, notch, round, origin, entrance, door, point, outset, start, edge, vestibule, inception, gate

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British Dictionary definitions for doorstep

doorstep
/ (ˈdɔːˌstɛp) /

noun

a step in front of a door
on one's doorstep very close or accessible
informal a thick slice of bread

verb -steps, -stepping or -stepped (tr)

to canvass (a district) or interview (a member of the public) by or in the course of door-to-door visiting
(of a journalist) to wait outside the house of (someone) to obtain an interview, photograph, etc when he or she emerges

Idioms and Phrases with doorstep

doorstep

see under at one's door (on one's doorstep).