Explore Jambs through 7 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Jambs meaning
plural of jamb
Using Jambs
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of jamb
- In the example corpus, jambs often appears in combinations such as: door jambs.
Context around Jambs
- Average sentence length in these examples: 33.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 5 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Jambs
- In this selection, "jambs" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 33.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, door, vertical, gate, strike, having and weighed stand out and add context to how "jambs" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and door jambs and and gate jambs weighed well. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "jambs" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with jambs
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The largest stones including the lintels and gate jambs weighed well over 20 tonnes; some may have been close to 100 tonnes. (22 words)
The stone from Farnhill Quarry was used for walling buildings whilst the stone from Strikes Quarry at Sutton-in-Craven was sought-after for windowsills, headers and door jambs. (29 words)
Romanesque doorways have a character form, with the jambs having a series of receding planes, into each of which is set a circular shaft, all surmounted by a continuous abacus. (30 words)
A diagram illustrating the components of a panel door Doorway components When framed in wood for snug fitting of a door, the doorway consists of two vertical jambs on either side, a lintel or head jamb at the top, and perhaps a threshold at the bottom. (46 words)
And don't get me started on his apparently feverish need to for shims, even so much as to use them in door jambs/ strike plates/ whatever you call the little hole cut in the frame for the tongue of the doorknob. (42 words)
Each dwelling was entered through a low doorway that had a stone slab door that could be closed "by a bar that slid in bar-holes cut in the stone door jambs". (32 words)
Example sentences (7)
The stone from Farnhill Quarry was used for walling buildings whilst the stone from Strikes Quarry at Sutton-in-Craven was sought-after for windowsills, headers and door jambs.
To make it easier to clean, the couple did away with internal 'clutter', including door jambs and skirting boards and installed polished concrete flooring with underfloor heating throughout the ground floor.
And don't get me started on his apparently feverish need to for shims, even so much as to use them in door jambs/ strike plates/ whatever you call the little hole cut in the frame for the tongue of the doorknob.
A diagram illustrating the components of a panel door Doorway components When framed in wood for snug fitting of a door, the doorway consists of two vertical jambs on either side, a lintel or head jamb at the top, and perhaps a threshold at the bottom.
Each dwelling was entered through a low doorway that had a stone slab door that could be closed "by a bar that slid in bar-holes cut in the stone door jambs".
Romanesque doorways have a character form, with the jambs having a series of receding planes, into each of which is set a circular shaft, all surmounted by a continuous abacus.
The largest stones including the lintels and gate jambs weighed well over 20 tonnes; some may have been close to 100 tonnes.
Common combinations with jambs
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: