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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doorpost/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doorpost/#x1)
- He knocked three times on the wooden doorpost. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doorpost/#x2)
- The cat rubbed against the doorpost and purred. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doorpost/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «doorpost» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doorpost/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.