[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/threshold/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [T](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/t/) / threshold # threshold noun (a threshold, thresholds) «threshold» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. The strip of wood or stone on the floor at the bottom of a doorway; the point where you enter a room or house. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threshold/#m1) 2. The level or amount at which something starts to happen or change: "a pain threshold", "the threshold for passing". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threshold/#m2) 3. The start or beginning of something new: "on the threshold of a big discovery". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threshold/#m3) ### In the lessons In everyday life you cross the threshold when you step into a house; there is an old custom of a groom carrying the bride over the threshold. In science and maths a threshold is a cut-off number: water boils above a threshold temperature; you pass a test above a threshold mark. In stories "on the threshold of" tells the reader that something big is about to begin. Phrases: cross the threshold, pain threshold, above/below the threshold, on the threshold of. ### Examples - She paused on the threshold before stepping inside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threshold/#x1) - The dog would not cross the threshold of the new house. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threshold/#x2) - The pass threshold for the test is 60 marks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threshold/#x3) - He has a high pain threshold, so the jab didn't bother him. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threshold/#x4) - Scientists were on the threshold of a great discovery. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threshold/#x5) - If the noise goes above the threshold, the alarm sounds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threshold/#x6) - Wipe your feet at the threshold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threshold/#x7) - And there lies my faithful mastiff at the threshold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threshold/#x8) ### Note Spelling trap: only one "h" in the middle — thresh-old, not "threshhold". Countable. In maths: "above the threshold" means more than the number; check whether the threshold number itself counts (at least 60, or more than 60). ## In Jewish tradition The threshold of a house or Temple is a holy boundary. Entering or leaving it matters. **Interpretation.** In Ezekiel, God's glory leaves the Temple by the threshold, which tradition reads as God's presence going into exile. The mezuzah is placed at the doorway. ### Examples - And the glory of the LORD went forth from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubim. (Prophets EZK.10.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/threshold/#x1) - And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah; and as she came to the threshold of the house, the child died. (Prophets 1KI.14.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/threshold/#x2) - Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day. (Prophets 1SA.5.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/threshold/#x3) ### Note Spelling trap: only one "h" in the middle — thresh-old, not "threshhold". Countable. In maths: "above the threshold" means more than the number; check whether the threshold number itself counts (at least 60, or more than 60). ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «threshold» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/threshold/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«threshold» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/threshold.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «threshold» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/threshold/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«threshold» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/threshold.html) on Mova free.