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threshold
Overview of noun threshold
The noun threshold has 5 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (7) threshold -- (the starting point for a new state or experience; "on the threshold of manhood")
2. (1) threshold, limen -- (the smallest detectable sensation)
3. (1) doorway, door, room access, threshold -- (the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close; "he stuck his head in the doorway")
4. (1) doorsill, doorstep, threshold -- (the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway)
5. brink, threshold, verge -- (a region marking a boundary)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun threshold
5 senses of threshold
Sense 1
threshold
=> beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset
=> point, point in time
=> measure, quantity, amount
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
threshold, limen
=> sensation, esthesis, aesthesis, sense experience, sense impression, sense datum
=> perception
=> basic cognitive process
=> process, cognitive process, mental process, operation, cognitive operation
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
doorway, door, room access, threshold
=> entrance, entranceway, entryway, entry, entree
=> access, approach
=> way
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 4
doorsill, doorstep, threshold
=> sill
=> structural member
=> support
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 5
brink, threshold, verge
=> boundary, edge, bound
=> line
=> shape, form
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun threshold
2 of 5 senses of threshold
Sense 2
threshold, limen
=> absolute threshold
=> difference threshold, differential threshold, difference limen, differential limen
Sense 3
doorway, door, room access, threshold
=> exterior door, outside door
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun threshold
5 senses of threshold
Sense 1
threshold
=> beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset
Sense 2
threshold, limen
=> sensation, esthesis, aesthesis, sense experience, sense impression, sense datum
Sense 3
doorway, door, room access, threshold
=> entrance, entranceway, entryway, entry, entree
Sense 4
doorsill, doorstep, threshold
=> sill
Sense 5
brink, threshold, verge
=> boundary, edge, bound
Antonyms of noun threshold
Member Holonyms of noun threshold
Substance Holonyms of noun threshold
Part Holonyms of noun threshold
2 of 5 senses of threshold
Sense 3
doorway, door, room access, threshold
PART OF: wall
Sense 4
doorsill, doorstep, threshold
PART OF: doorway, door, room access, threshold
Member Meronyms of noun threshold
Substance Meronyms of noun threshold
Part Meronyms of noun threshold
1 of 5 senses of threshold
Sense 3
doorway, door, room access, threshold
HAS PART: casing, case
HAS PART: door
HAS PART: doorframe, doorcase
HAS PART: doorsill, doorstep, threshold
Meronyms of noun threshold
1 of 5 senses of threshold
Sense 3
doorway, door, room access, threshold
HAS PART: casing, case
HAS PART: door
HAS PART: doorframe, doorcase
HAS PART: doorsill, doorstep, threshold
Holonyms of noun threshold
2 of 5 senses of threshold
Sense 3
doorway, door, room access, threshold
PART OF: wall
Sense 4
doorsill, doorstep, threshold
PART OF: doorway, door, room access, threshold
Attributes of noun threshold
Derived Forms of noun threshold
Domain of noun threshold
Domain Terms of noun threshold
Familiarity of noun threshold
threshold used as a noun is common (polysemy count =5)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun threshold
5 senses of threshold
Sense 1
threshold
> beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset
=> birth
=> incipiency, incipience
=> terminus a quo, starting point
=> threshold
Sense 2
threshold, limen
> sensation, esthesis, aesthesis, sense experience, sense impression, sense datum
=> threshold, limen
=> masking
=> vision, visual sensation
=> smell, odor, odour, olfactory sensation, olfactory perception
=> taste, taste sensation, gustatory sensation, taste perception, gustatory perception
=> sound, auditory sensation
=> synesthesia, synaesthesia
Sense 3
doorway, door, room access, threshold
> entrance, entranceway, entryway, entry, entree
=> arch, archway
=> doorway, door, room access, threshold
=> gateway
=> hatchway, opening, scuttle
=> pithead
=> portal
=> porte-cochere
=> service door, service entrance, servant's entrance
=> stage door
=> vomitory
Sense 4
doorsill, doorstep, threshold
> sill
=> doorsill, doorstep, threshold
=> windowsill
Sense 5
brink, threshold, verge
> boundary, edge, bound
=> rim
=> margin, border, perimeter
=> periphery, fringe, outer boundary
=> brink, threshold, verge
=> upper bound
=> lower bound
=> thalweg
Meronyms of noun threshold
5 senses of threshold
Sense 3
doorway, door, room access, threshold
HAS PART: casing, case
HAS PART: door
HAS PART: lock
HAS PART: bolt, deadbolt
HAS PART: keyhole
HAS PART: tumbler
HAS PART: doorframe, doorcase
HAS PART: doorjamb, doorpost
HAS PART: doorsill, doorstep, threshold
=> entrance, entranceway, entryway, entry, entree
=> access, approach
=> way
HAS PART: wayside, roadside
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 4
doorsill, doorstep, threshold
=> sill
=> structural member
=> support
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun threshold
2 of 5 senses of threshold
Sense 3
doorway, door, room access, threshold
PART OF: wall
PART OF: building, edifice
PART OF: room
PART OF: building, edifice
PART OF: hallway, hall
Sense 4
doorsill, doorstep, threshold
PART OF: doorway, door, room access, threshold
PART OF: wall
PART OF: building, edifice
PART OF: room
PART OF: building, edifice
PART OF: hallway, hall
Grep of noun threshold
absolute threshold
difference threshold
differential threshold
pain threshold
threshold
threshold element
threshold function
threshold gate
threshold level
threshold operation
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