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Definition: Doorframe |
DoorframeNoun1. The frame that supports a door. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: DoorframeSynonym: doorcase (n). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: co-ordinating thickness between opening and doorframe or doorset (building & civil engineering, meteorology & standards), inner doorframe (public administration, building & civil engineering). |
Crosswords: Doorframe |
| Specialty definitions using "doorframe": COKE DRAWER, HAND ♦ DOOR ASSEMBLER ♦ GLAZIER, METAL FURNITURE. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Human Rights | Egypt | Principal methods of torture employed by the police, as reported by victims, included: Being stripped and blindfolded; suspended from a ceiling or doorframe with feet just touching the floor; beaten with fists, whips, metal rods, or other objects; subjected to electrical shocks; and doused with cold water. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Doorframe" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Doorframe" is used about 20 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 20 | 78,262 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "doorframe"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Swedish | dörrkarm (doorcase). (various references) | |
Welsh | hiniog (threshold). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-f-m-o-o-r-r" | |
-2 letters: armored, forearm. | |
-3 letters: adorer, defoam, deform, dormer, farmed, farmer, fedora, femora, foamed, foamer, foredo, formed, former, framed, framer, marred, moored, radome, ramrod, reform, remora, reroof, roadeo, roamed, roamer, roared, roofed, roofer, roomed, roomer. | |
-4 letters: adore, afore, ardor, armed, armer, armor, darer, derma, dream, drear, fader, famed, fared, farer, foram, fordo, forme, frame, fremd. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 6F 6F 72 66 72 61 6D 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. --- --- .-. ..-. .-. .- -- . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01101111 01101111 01110010 01100110 01110010 01100001 01101101 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D o o r f r a m e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 006F 006F 0072 0066 0072 0061 006D 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)388181847284677971 |
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