(isim) eşik

Turkish - English

Definition of (isim) eşik in Turkish English dictionary

doorstep

Step of a door. The threshold of a doorway

On one's doorstep.

To corner somebody for an unexpected interview

Surprisingly few people refused to talk, even those I doorstepped or telephoned out of the blue.

One's immediate neighbourhood or locality

They want to build the prison right on our doorstep, it will only be half a mile away and being that close scares me.

A big slice of bread

I cut myself a doorstep of bread with masses of butter and went along to see Romanov while I was eating it..

If a place is on your doorstep, it is very near to where you live. If something happens on your doorstep, it happens very close to where you live. It is all too easy to lose sight of what is happening on our own doorstep. doorstepped doorstepping if politicians or journalists doorstep people, they visit people at their homes in order to get votes or information - often used to show disapproval

the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offer support when passing through a doorway

The stone or plank forming a step before an outer door

{i} stair leading from the ground level to a door; (British Slang) thick slice of bread

A doorstep is a step in front of a door on the outside of a building

Nearby, close

{f} sell door to door; (British Slang) wait outside the home of a person for an interview or to take a photograph (usually journalists)

Hyphenation

(i·sim) e·şik