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- 1. Trees Made of Glass Sep 16, 2005
- A signal from a mysterious craft terrorizes the crew of a U.S. Navy cargo freighter.
- 2. Trees Made of Glass Sep 16, 2005
- A signal from a mysterious craft terrorizes the crew of a U.S. Navy cargo freighter.
- 3. Blood of the Children Sep 23, 2005
- When a man is killed at a restaurant, Molly suspects a group of military cadets.
1. : the plank, stone, or piece of timber that lies under a door : sill. 2. a. : gate, door. b (1) : end, boundary. specifically : the end of a runway. (2) : the place or point of entering or beginning : outset. on the threshold of a new age. 3. a. : the point at which a physiological or psychological effect begins to be produced.
the level or point at which you start to experience something, or at which something starts to happen: I have a low /high boredom threshold (= I do/don't feel bored easily). He earns £400 a month, well below the threshold for paying tax. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Range and limits.
noun. the sill of a doorway. the entrance to a house or building. any place or point of entering or beginning: the threshold of a new career. Also called limen. Psychology, Physiology. the point at which a stimulus is of sufficient intensity to begin to produce an effect: the threshold of consciousness; a low threshold of pain. threshold.
A threshold is a point of departure or transition. Graduation can mark a threshold — when you graduate from circus school, you're standing at the threshold of your new career as a trapeze artist. Another kind of threshold is a limit or boundary.
threshold noun (LEVEL) C2 [ C usually singular ] the level or point at which you start to experience something, or at which something starts to happen: I have a low /high boredom threshold (= I do/don't feel bored easily). He earns $500 a month, well below the threshold for paying tax.
the level at which something starts to happen: He had a low boredom threshold. on the threshold of sth. at the start of a new and important time or development: We're on the threshold of a new era in European relations.
the floor or ground at the bottom of a doorway, considered as the entrance to a building or room. He stepped across the threshold. on the threshold She stood hesitating on the threshold. Topics Houses and homes c1, Buildings c1. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Questions about grammar and vocabulary?