door post
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.92 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of doorpost.
Example Sentences
- "There are Mezuzoth (small tubes encasing tiny rolled scrolls of prayer) on the door posts so they know the house has been blessed."
- "The hotel occupies a Tudor vicarage, Georgian doctor's surgery and the ageless inn. Inside, the mix of epochs continues: chunky door posts nicked from Helmsley Castle nestled beside an elegant staircase."
- "They retold the story of when God is said to have sent down 10 plagues to help free the Hebrews from their bondage, the last of which was the slaying of all Egyptians’ firstborn children, and how the Jews marked their door posts with the blood of a slaughtered lamb so the Angel of Death would know to “pass over” them."