doorstep n : 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 [syn: doorsill, threshold]

English

Etymology

door + step

Noun

1. Step of a door. The threshold of a doorway.

   On one's doorstep.

2. Nearby, close.

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

3. A big slice of bread.

   2003, Diana Wynne Jones, The Merlin Conspiracy", P 241 ISBN 0-06-052318-2

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