doorpost

«doorpost» in Mova's school dictionary: one of the upright posts on either side of a door, which… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (doorpost, doorposts)

meaning for a pupil

A doorpost is one of the upright posts on either side of a door, which hold up the top part of the frame. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales, a character leans or hides against a doorpost, often to show shock, fear or waiting.

examples

• She hung her coat on the doorpost. tree →
• He knocked three times on the wooden doorpost. tree →
• The cat rubbed against the doorpost and purred. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «doorpost» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.