Jamb Definition

jam
jambs
noun
A side post or piece of a framed opening, as for a door, window, or fireplace.
Webster's New World
A pillar of ore.
Webster's New World
A projecting mass or columnar part.
American Heritage
(mining) Any thick mass of rock that prevents miners from following the lode or vein.
Wiktionary
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Other Word Forms of Jamb

Noun

Singular:
jamb
Plural:
jambs

Origin of Jamb

  • Middle English jambe from Old French leg, jamb from Late Latin gamba horse's hock, leg gambol

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English jambe, from Middle French jambe (“leg”), from Late Latin gamba

    From Wiktionary

Jamb Sentence Examples

  • Hilden jammed his foot between door and jamb.

  • Anderson offers doors that swing both inward and outward as well as doors that slide along the door jamb.

  • The only way he's going to get rid of me is with a foot on my backside pushing me out the door – and then I'll leave fingernail marks in the door jamb.

  • The only way he's going to get rid of me is with a foot on my backside pushing me out the door – and then I'll leave fingernail marks in the door jamb.

  • Some doors incorporated overhead door closers with the mechanism concealed within the jamb at the top of the door leaf.

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Words Starting With

JJAJAM

Words Ending With

BMBAMB

Unscrambles

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Words Starting With J and Ending With B

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With J4 Letter Words Ending With B