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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Either of the upright posts on either side of a door, which together support a lintel..
There was a ball-pein hammer on a ledge above the doorjamb and Kidd reached up softly and took it down.
Use door jamb when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Door jamb means Either of the upright posts on either side of a door, which together support a lintel..
Common synonyms include doorpost.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
There was a ball-pein hammer on a ledge above the doorjamb and Kidd reached up softly and took it down.
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