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doorframe

[ dawr-freym, dohr- ]

noun

  1. the frame of a doorway, including two jambs and a lintel, or head.


doorframe

/ ˈdɔːˌfreɪm /

noun

  1. a frame that supports a door Also calleddoorcase
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of doorframe1

First recorded in 1850–55; door + frame
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Example Sentences

One officer was crushed in a doorframe and another suffered a heart attack after a rioter pressed a stun gun against his neck and repeatedly shocked him.

In January 2021, Mr Bathers bumped into a doorframe and had trouble remembering names, a CT scan showed a mass on his brain.

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He’s mostly known today for marrying a woman who was already married and for dying from hitting his head on a doorframe.

Trumpets and trombones shot out from the doorframe, blasting out bursts of triumphant music.

Once the driver pulled over and the couple exited the vehicle, Majors picked her up and threw her back in the car, Jabbari testified, slamming her head on the doorframe of the SUV.

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