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1 doorway
noun (the space usually filled by a door: He was standing in the doorway.) dyr, dyragætt -
2 arched
adjective an arched doorway.) bogadreginn -
3 door
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4 jam
[‹æm] I noun(a thick sticky substance made of fruit etc preserved by being boiled with sugar: raspberry jam; ( also adjective) a jam sandwich.) sulta- jammyII 1. past tense, past participle - jammed; verb1) (to crowd full: The gateway was jammed with angry people.) troðfylla, þjappa2) (to squeeze, press or wedge tightly or firmly: He jammed his foot in the doorway.) troða3) (to stick and (cause to) be unable to move: The door / steering-wheel has jammed.) festa(st)4) ((of a radio station) to cause interference with (another radio station's broadcast) by sending out signals on a similar wavelength.) trufla2. noun1) (a crowding together of vehicles, people etc so that movement is difficult or impossible: traffic-jams.) öngþveiti, troðningur, stífla2) (a difficult situation: I'm in a bit of a jam - I haven't got enough money to pay for this meal.) vandræði•- jam on -
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6 pose
I 1. [pəuz] noun1) (a position or attitude of the body: a relaxed pose.) staða, stelling2) (a false manner or way of behaving assumed in order to impress others; a pretence: His indignation was only a pose.) uppgerð2. verb1) (to position oneself eg for a photograph to be taken: She posed in the doorway.) stilla sér upp2) ((with as) to pretend to be: He posed as a doctor.) þykjast veraII [pəuz] verb(to set or offer (a question or problem) for answering or solving: He posed a difficult question; This poses a problem.) leggja fyrir -
7 squash
[skwoʃ] 1. verb1) (to press, squeeze or crush: He tried to squash too many clothes into his case; The tomatoes got squashed (flat) at the bottom of the shopping-bag.) troða; kremja2) (to defeat (a rebellion etc).) berja/bæla niður2. noun1) (a state of being squashed or crowded: There was a great squash in the doorway.) kássa, þvaga2) ((a particular flavour of) a drink containing the juice of crushed fruit: Have some orange squash!) ávaxtasafi3) ((also squash rackets) a type of game played in a walled court with rackets and a rubber ball.) skvass (veggtennis)4) (a vegetable or plant of the gourd family.)•- squashy -
8 stoop
[stu:p] 1. verb1) (to bend the body forward and downward: The doorway was so low that he had to stoop (his head) to go through it; She stooped down to talk to the child.) lúta, halla sér fram2) (to lower one's (moral) standards by doing something: Surely he wouldn't stoop to cheating!) leggjast svo lágt að2. noun(a stooping position of the body, shoulder etc: Many people develop a stoop as they grow older.) lot- stooped -
9 threshold
['Ɵreʃəuld]1) ((a piece of wood or stone under) a doorway forming the entrance to a house etc: He paused on the threshold and then entered.) þröskuldur2) (beginning: She is on the threshold of a brilliant career.) byrjun, upphaf -
10 wedge
[we‹] 1. noun1) (a piece of wood or metal, thick at one end and sloping to a thin edge at the other, used in splitting wood etc or in fixing something tightly in place: She used a wedge under the door to prevent it swinging shut.) fleygur2) (something similar in shape: a wedge of cheese.) geiri2. verb(to fix or become fixed by, or as if by, a wedge or wedges: He is so fat that he got wedged in the doorway.) verða blÿfastur
См. также в других словарях:
Doorway — Door way , n. The passage of a door; entrance way into a house or a room. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
doorway — index egress, portal Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
doorway — 1799, from DOOR (Cf. door) + WAY (Cf. way) … Etymology dictionary
doorway — *door, portal, postern, gate, gateway … New Dictionary of Synonyms
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doorway — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ open ▪ narrow ▪ arched ▪ shop (BrE) ▪ We sheltered in a shop doorway. ▪ … Collocations dictionary
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doorway */*/ — UK [ˈdɔː(r)ˌweɪ] / US [ˈdɔrˌweɪ] noun [countable] Word forms doorway : singular doorway plural doorways the space created when you open a door I turned round and saw him standing in the doorway … English dictionary
Doorway — A doorway may be a: Door Doorway page This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article … Wikipedia
doorway — door|way [ˈdo:weı US ˈdo:r ] n the space where a door opens into a room or building in the doorway ▪ There was Paolo, standing in the doorway … Dictionary of contemporary English
