doorstep

Definition of Doorstep in English :

the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Doorstep

noun

1.

a step in front of a door

2. on one's doorstep

3. informal

a thick slice of bread

verb -steps, -stepping or -stepped (transitive)

4.

to canvass (a district) or interview (a member of the public) by or in the course of door-to-door visiting

5.

(of a journalist) to wait outside the house of (someone) to obtain an interview, photograph, etc when he or she emerges

noun

a step that leads from an outer door to a path, lawn, etc.

n.

A step leading to a door.