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Definition of threshold

"threshold" in the noun sense

1. threshold

the starting point for a new state or experience

"on the threshold of manhood"

2. threshold, limen

the smallest detectable sensation

3. 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. 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

Source: WordNet® (An amazing lexical database of English)

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Quotations for threshold

The Alphabet Of Success

Attend carefully to details.
Be prompt in all things.
Consider well, then decide positively.
Dare to do right, fear to do wrong.
Endure trials patiently.
Fight life's battles bravely.
Go not into the society of the vicious.
Hold your integrity sacred.
Injure not another's reputation.
Join hands only with the virtuous.
Keep your mind free from evil thoughts.
Lie not for any consideration.
Make few special acquaintances.
Never try to appear what you are not.
Observe good manners.
Pay your debts promptly.
Question not the verity of a friend.
Respect the desires of your parents.
Sacrifice money rather than principle.
Touch not, taste not, handle not intoxicating drinks.
Use your leisure for improvement.
Venture not upon the threshold of wrong.
Watch carefully over your passions.
Xtend to everyone a kindly greeting.
Yield not to discouragement.
Zealously labor for the right, and success is certain. [ Ladies Home Journal ]

Every beginning is cheerful; the threshold is the place of expectation. [ Goethe ]

Woe for my vine-clad home, that it should ever be so dark to me, with its bright threshold and its whispering tree! [ N. P. Willis ]

As often as I come back to his door, his love met me on the threshold, and his noble serenity gave me comfort and peace. [ William Winter ]

To give you nothing and to make you expect everything, to dawdle on the threshold of love, while the doors are closed: this is all the science of a coquette. [ De Bernard ]

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threshold in Scrabble®

The word threshold is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 16

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters threshold:

THRESHOLD
(180)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (5 words)

dehorts, holders, holster, hostler, shorted

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word threshold

THRESHOLD
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In threshold

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(180)
THRESHOLD
(153)
THRESHOLD
(120)
THRESHOLD
(102)
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threshold in Words With Friends™

The word threshold is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 15

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters threshold:

THRESHOLD
(207)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (5 words)

dehorts, holders, holster, hostler, shorted

 

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(207)
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(75)
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(17)
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(16)

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THRESHOLD
(207)
THRESHOLD
(126)
THRESHOLD
(102)
HOLDERS
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DEHORTS
(95 = 60 + 35)
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RESHOD
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Words with threshold in them (1 word)

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