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Definition: Jamb |
JambNoun1. Upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "jamb" was first used: 1334. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Building | An upright surface that lines an opening for a door or window. (references) |
Building & Civil Engineering | A verticalside member of a window frame these are the vertical portions of the aperture in which the window is to be installed. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. A vein or bed of earth or stone, that prevents miners from following a vein of ore; a large block b. A projecting columnar part (as of a masonry wall) or mass (as of ore) c. A vertical structural member forming the side of an opening in a furnace wall d. A type of brick shape intended for use in the sides of wall openings e. Sidewall of port of furnace superstructure carrying port crown loa. (references) |
Transportation | Upright piece which forms the side of an opening. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Support | Post, pillar, shaft, thill, column, pilaster; pediment, pedicle; pedestal; plinth, shank, leg, socle, zocle; buttress, jamb, mullion, abutment; baluster, banister, stanchion; balustrade; headstone; upright; door post, jamb, door jamb. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Jamb |
| English words defined with "jamb": butt hinge ♦ Doorcheek, doorjamb, doorpost ♦ Reversible lock ♦ Sidepiece ♦ To lie at one's door. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "jamb": corner strip bead ♦ DOOR-MACHINE OPERATOR ♦ frame-gate-mortiser operator, frame-pulley-mortising-machine operator ♦ gate cutter, gate-mortiser operator ♦ POCKET CUTTER, PULLEY-MORTISER OPERATOR. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "jamb": Jambee ♦ Kam. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Jamb" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Albanian (iamb, iambus), Czech (iambus), Serbo-Croatian (iamb, iambic, iambus), Swedish (iamb, iambic, iambus). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | The argument's leaning over there against the door jamb. (The Cincinnati Kid; writing credit: Richard Jessup; Ring Lardner Jr.) | |
Movie/TV Titles | ||
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| Domain | Title |
Consumer Goods | |
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| "Jamb" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 96.43% of the time. "Jamb" is used about 28 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) | 96.43% | 27 | 66,962 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 3.57% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 28 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "jamb": door jamb. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "jamb": door-jamb. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
jamb | 66 |
jamb machinery | 29 |
jamb saw | 26 |
jamb door | 18 |
jamb liner | 9 |
jamb window | 6 |
jamb liner window | 5 |
door jamb switch | 5 |
jamb liner replacement | 4 |
doorway jamb | 3 |
jamb liner vinyl | 2 |
door jamb saw | 2 |
door install jamb | 2 |
crain jamb saw | 2 |
extension jamb | 2 |
door jamb light switch | 2 |
jamb liner window wood | 2 |
jamb spreader | 2 |
design jamb nut | 2 |
burndt jamb lyrics | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "jamb"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | mur anësor oxhaku, anë dere, anë (aspect, border, brink, declivity, edge, end, flank, hand, hem, list, Marge, margin, pane, part, partiality, selvage, Selvedge, side, skirt, wall, welt). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | عضادة الباب أو النافذة, درع الرجل. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | странична част на каса на врата, странични стени на камина, опора (abut, anchor, anchorage, backlog, bearer, bulwark, buttress, column, cradle, crutch, dependence, faith, foothold, holder, lodgement, lodgment, mainstay, palladium, pillar, prop, purchase, rampart, rest, rock, roothold, sinews, staff, stand by, stay, stock, stronghold, support, tower, underpinning), подставка (chock, horse-block, mounting, pedestal, prop, rest, seat, sole, stand, standard, stock, support), подпора (abut, abutment, brace, bracing, bracket, counterfort, pillar, post, prop, puncheon, rest, shore, sprag, stand, stock, stull, support, tree, upright). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | sloupek zárubnì, sloupek (banister, column, puncheon, upright), futro. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | portsoejle (cheek), doerkarm (door frame, door jamb). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | opgaand werk, omlijsting (cadre, framework), deurraam (door frame, door jamb), brandermondzijwand (cheek). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | چهارچوپ درب وهرچیزدیگری(ک.), لغاز, تیرعمودی چارچوپ , تیربیرون امده , ستون (Column, Pier, Pile, Pillar, Shaft, Staple). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | ovenkehys (door frame, door jamb, water cooled door frame). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | montant, jambage. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | pfosten (jambs, newel, pole, post, prop, stake, stanchion, stud, support, upright), fensterpfosten (stiles). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | στύλοσ (baluster, column, pillar, post, puncheon, scape, stanchion, strut), πλαϊνά πόρτας καυστήρα (cheek), πλαισίωση (beading, framing, surround), πλαίσιο θύρας (door frame, door jamb), πλαίσιο (casing, context, frame), παραστάσ, θύρασ, δομικό πλαίσιο (coaming, framing, member, ring). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | ajtófélfa (door frame, door post, doorjamb, door-post, doorway, post, stile), ablakfélfa. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | telaio porta (door frame, door jamb), stipiti, stipite (doorjamb, doorpost), pilastro del bruciatore (cheek), montante (incoming, post, strut, uppercut, upright), bordatura (surround). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | essyn (doorpost, gatepost). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ambjay jamba, ombreira do queimador (cheek), ombreira da porta, guarnição de chaminé, enquadramento (coaming, framing), batente (anvil, backstop, batch, cant, door-post, flap, fold, knocker, lay, leaf, mallet, stanchion), armação da porta (door frame, door jamb). (various references) uscior, uşor (downhill, easily, easy, facile, fluffy, gauzy, gentle, glib, gossamer, lax, light, light of foot, lightly, lightsome, rate, readily, ready, running, simple, slight, small, soft, superficial, swimmingly, thin, with a wet finger), glaf. (various references) косяк (cant, cheek, doorpost, jambe, school). (various references) dovratak (doorpost, door-post). (various references) jamba (door-post, jambeau). (various references) sidopost (jambe), sidokarm (jambe), ram (border, clean, frame, framework, frame-work, framing, Mount, paw, pure), kammardörrens ram (door frame, door jamb), brännarpelare (cheek). (various references) เสาข้างประตูหรือหน้าต่าง. (various references) pervaz (cincture, cornice, cyma, dressing, fringe, molding, moulding, reveal, rib, ribbon, shelf, sill, Wale, wheal). (various references) одвірок (cheek, door-post, jambeau), підставка (chock, jambeau, mounting, rack, skid, trivet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Late Latin | 300-700 | gamba. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | jambe. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "jamb": jambalaya, jambalayas, jambe, jambeau, jambeaux, jambed, jambes, jambing, jamboree, jamborees, jambs. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "jamb": doorjamb. (additional references) | |
Words containing "jamb": doorjambs, enjambed, enjambement, enjambements, enjambment, enjambments, sjambok, sjamboked, sjamboking, sjamboks. (additional references) | |
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"Jamb" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ajab, ajam, ajm, gamb, hamb, jabi, jabma, jabu, jaby, jah, jama, jamba, jambe, Jambi, Jambia, jambo, jambu, Jamc, jame, jamg, jami, jammz, jamu, jamy, jarb, jarm, jarma, jaub, jaum, je, jeam, jem, jiam, jimd, jlamb, jm, jsam, juma, jumb, Jumby, Junb, ramb. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "jamb" (pronounced ja"m) |
| 3 | j a" m | jam. |
| 2 | -a" m | am, Bam, cam, Cham, clam, cram, dam, damn, dram, exam, Flam, gram, ham, Lam, lamb, Nam, Pam, ram, scam, sham, slam, spam, swam, Tam, tram, wham, yam. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-j-m" | |
-1 letter: bam, jab, jam. | |
-2 letters: ab, am, ba, ma. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-j-m" | |
+1 letter: jambe, jambs. | |
+2 letters: jambed, jambes, jumbal. | |
+3 letters: jambeau, jambing, jobname, jumbals, sjambok. | |
+4 letters: benjamin, doorjamb, enjambed, jambeaux, jamboree, jeroboam, jobnames, sjamboks. | |
+5 letters: amberjack, benjamins, doorjambs, jambalaya, jamborees, jeroboams, sjamboked. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4A 61 6D 62 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001010 01100001 01101101 01100010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)J a m b |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004A 0061 006D 0062 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)44677968 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Translations: Ancient 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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