Threshold (2003 film)
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noun


(1)   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
(2)   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"
(3)   The smallest detectable sensation
(4)   A region marking a boundary
(5)   The starting point for a new state or experience
"On the threshold of manhood"
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Noun



  1. The bottom-most part of a doorway that one crosses to enter; a sill.
  2. An entrance
  3. The start of the landing area of a runway
  4. The quantitative point at which an action is triggered, especially a lower limit
  5. The wage or salary at which income tax becomes due
  6. The outset of an action or project
  7. The point where one mentally or physically is vulnerable in response to provocation or to particular things in general. As in emotions, stress, or pain.
    From all the pressure my partner been through lately, his emotion threshold has suddenly gotten pretty low these days. I can tell because he easily loses it when he is around people or hears about anything to do with his concerns.
 
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