JAMB

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does jamb mean? 

• JAMB (noun)
  The noun JAMB has 1 sense:

1. upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame

  Familiarity information: JAMB used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JAMB (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("jamb" is a kind of...):

upright; vertical (a vertical structural member as a post or stake)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "jamb"):

doorjamb; doorpost (a jamb for a door)

Holonyms ("jamb" is a part of...):

window frame (the framework that supports a window)

 Context examples 

Then with the wisp he rubbed all over the jamb of the door, above, below, and at each side, and round the fireplace in the same way.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

It had been so forcibly driven against the jamb that part of the woodwork was splintered.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)