Doorframe is an English word with synonyms like framework or frame. Below you'll find 7 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Doorframe meaning
The frame into which a door is fitted.
Using Doorframe
- The main meaning on this page is: The frame into which a door is fitted.
- Useful related words include: doorcase, framework, frame, framing.
- In the example corpus, doorframe often appears in combinations such as: the doorframe, doorframe and.
Context around Doorframe
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 5 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Doorframe
- In this selection, "doorframe" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, shower, wasn and seemingly stand out and add context to how "doorframe" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include against a doorframe and wore and and a doorframe seemingly emerging. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "doorframe" sits close to words such as aaba, aalbers and abbate, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with doorframe
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Evidently, the doorframe wasn’t doing the trick. (8 words)
These are usually purchased at a market a few days before and glued to the doorframe. (16 words)
When the video began, her mother simply leaned against a doorframe and wore a bright white bathrobe. (17 words)
Her section of the show is one where you really should lean in (and down) to inspect the details, including handmade playing cards and a doorframe seemingly emerging from the floor — or down into it if you’re the glass-half-empty type. (43 words)
Leading me around the palatial apartment, he points out how the shower doorframe is made of solid bronze, how the kitchen cupboards are single pieces of curved glass, how the spiral staircase has solid stone treads. (36 words)
The end of the cylinder is a latch that protrudes into a space that is carved out of the doorframe and prevents the door from being opened if the knob is not turned. (33 words)
Example sentences (7)
When the video began, her mother simply leaned against a doorframe and wore a bright white bathrobe.
Evidently, the doorframe wasn’t doing the trick.
Her section of the show is one where you really should lean in (and down) to inspect the details, including handmade playing cards and a doorframe seemingly emerging from the floor — or down into it if you’re the glass-half-empty type.
Leading me around the palatial apartment, he points out how the shower doorframe is made of solid bronze, how the kitchen cupboards are single pieces of curved glass, how the spiral staircase has solid stone treads.
The end of the cylinder is a latch that protrudes into a space that is carved out of the doorframe and prevents the door from being opened if the knob is not turned.
The offender pushed the door back open and she put one hand on the door knob and the other on the doorframe and delivered a high kick.
These are usually purchased at a market a few days before and glued to the doorframe.
Common combinations with doorframe
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: