doorjambnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈdɔː.dʒæm/us/ˈdɔːr.dʒæm/US also mainly UK doorpostone of the two vertical posts on either side of an opening into which a door fits
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Parts of buildings: doors & parts of doors
- architrave
- bell push
- door
- door knocker
- doorbell
- draught excluder
- entrance 1
- fire door
- five-bar gate
- French doors
- French windows
- knob
- knocker
- letterbox
- screen door
- stage door
- storm door/window
- swing door
- swinging door
- weatherboarding
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Examples from literature
- He cautiously peeked around the doorjamb, playing it up for comic effect.
- He was turning back when his eye fell upon the battered wooden doll set upright against his doorjamb, holding stiffly in its jointed arms a bit of paper folded like a note.
- The door would not stay closely shut—the doorjamb had sagged a little and the wind kept blowing the door ajar.