Threshold : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Threshold	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Threshold
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
threshold n the starting point for a new state or experience; "on the threshold of manhood" the smallest detectable sensation Synonym(s): threshold, limen the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close; "he stuck his head in the doorway" Synonym(s): doorway, door, room access, threshold the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway Synonym(s): doorsill, doorstep, threshold a region marking a boundary Synonym(s): brink, threshold, verge
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Threshold \Thresh"old\, n. [OE. threswold, [thorn]reshwold, AS. [thorn]rescwald, [thorn]erscwald, [thorn]erscold, [thorn]rescold, fr. [thorn]rescan, [thorn]erscan, to thresh; akin to Icel. [thorn]reskj[94]de, [thorn]r[94]skuldr, Sw. tr[94]skel, Dan. t[91]rskel. See {Thrash}.] 1. The plank, stone, or piece of timber, which lies under a door, especially of a dwelling house, church, temple, or the like; the doorsill; hence, entrance; gate; door. 2. Fig.: The place or point of entering or beginning, entrance; outset; as, the threshold of life.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Threshold (1.) Heb. miphtan, probably a projecting beam at a higher point than the threshold proper (1 Sam. 5:4,5; Ezek. 9:3; 10:4,18; 46:2; 47:1); also rendered "door" and "door-post." (2.) 'Asuppim, pl. (Neh. 12:25), rendered correctly "storehouses" in the Revised Version. In 1 Chr. 26:15, 17 the Authorized Version retains the word as a proper name, while in the Revised Version it is translated "storehouses."