jambs
Meaning of jambs
plural noun
- a side post or surface of a doorway, window, or fireplace.
he leaned against the door jamb
Middle English: from Old French jambe ‘leg, vertical support’, based on Greek kampē ‘joint’.
Information about jambs
- It is a name.
- The singular form of jambs is: jamb.
- Languages in which jambs is used:
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Hyphenation of jambs
jambs
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- jambs is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
jambs synonyms
Meaning a long, sturdy piece of timber or metal set upright in the ground and used as a support or marker:
Meaning each of the two upright parts of a door frame:
Meaning a post or rod fixed vertically, especially as a structural support:
Meaning a rigid structure that surrounds something such as a picture, door, or windowpane:
Meaning a tall vertical structure of stone, wood, or metal, used as a support for a building, or as an ornament or monument:
Words that rhyme with jambs
Cambs, excambs, weambs, gambs, choliambs, choriambs, iambs, doorjambs, enjambs, lambs, dithyrambs, scrambs
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