(architecture) An outside step leading up to the door of a building, usually a home.
Used in a Sentence
doorsteps
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for doorsteps.
Editorial note
There's already so much activity right on their doorsteps that there's little incentive or time to go elsewhere.
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Definitions3
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Quick take
(architecture) An outside step leading up to the door of a building, usually a home.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of doorsteps gathered in one view.
(figuratively) One's immediate neighbourhood or locality.
(UK, informal) A thick slice, especially of bread.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for doorsteps.
noun
(architecture) An outside step leading up to the door of a building, usually a home.
noun
(figuratively) One's immediate neighbourhood or locality.
noun
(UK, informal) A thick slice, especially of bread.
Example sentences
There's already so much activity right on their doorsteps that there's little incentive or time to go elsewhere.
When the DK2s began to land on the doorsteps of developers and fans, feedback began to pour into the forums.
A few hours later a package will appear on their doorsteps with all the paperwork.
Microsoft and Google and Apple have people throwing themselves at their doorsteps and can cherry pick the best of the best.
The studios and middlemen that bring content to people's doorsteps have created this incredible Gordian knot of contractual obligations and agreements.
So, those seeking stuff to resell will choose to defraud one of the zillion online marketers who ship stuff to doorsteps.
And on the doorsteps of both China and Russia, just for added chuckles, too.
This happens every day at the doorsteps of tens of thousands of older people that get salespeople to visit them at their homes.
Christopher Alexander dedicated a lot of time to solve building countries to doorsteps.
We're never going to have Joanna with an EMP cannon on the doorsteps of the trolls, but we can dream.
History repeats itself and the next crisis is right at our doorsteps.
They have heavily armed koreans and crazy japanese at their doorsteps.
Quote examples
Actually, if you define the solution narrowly as "undesirables on my doorstep" I suppose it is a solution; but since the wider problem is resolved by reducing the pool of undesirables for any doorsteps, only in the very narrowest sense.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use doorsteps in a sentence?
There's already so much activity right on their doorsteps that there's little incentive or time to go elsewhere.
What does doorsteps mean?
(architecture) An outside step leading up to the door of a building, usually a home.
What part of speech is doorsteps?
doorsteps is commonly used as noun.