doorstep

Definition

An outside step leading up to the door of a building, usually a home.

Etymology

From door + step.

Example Sentences

• "Ailie was standing by the doorstep as he came down the road, and her heart stood still with joy."
• "With a little manœuvring they contrived to meet on the doorstep which was […] in a boiling stream of passers-by, hurrying business people speeding past in a flurry of fumes and dust in the bright haze."
• "The narrow streets that twist and turn through the compact heart of Dent are surfaced with cobbles which, in the absence of pavements, spread right across from doorstep to doorstep."