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doorframe

(ˈdɔːˌfreɪm)

(Architecture) a frame that supports a door. Also called: doorcase

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Noun

doorframe - the frame that supports a door

doorcase

doorjamb, doorpost - a jamb for a door

doorway, room access, door, threshold - the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close; "he stuck his head in the doorway"

framework - a structure supporting or containing something

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doorframe

[ˈdɔːfreɪm] N → marco m de la puerta

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When he was ready, Aramis took him by the hand, and led him, making him place his foot with precaution on every step of the stairs, preventing him running against doorframes, turning him this way and that, as if Aramis had been the giant, and Porthos the dwarf.

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