threshold

(noun)

noun

1. the starting point for a new state or experience

- on the threshold of manhood

Definition categories: time, beginning, commencement, first, kickoff, offset, outset, showtime, start

2. the smallest detectable sensation

Similar word(s): limen

Definition categories: thought, esthesis, sensation

3. the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close

Similar word(s): door, doorway

Definition categories: man–made, entrance, entranceway, entree, entry, entryway

4. the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway

Similar word(s): doorsill, doorstep

Definition categories: man–made, sill

5. a region marking a boundary

Similar word(s): brink, verge

Definition categories: shape, bound, boundary, edge

Sentences with threshold as a noun:

- From all the pressure my partner has been through lately, his emotional threshold has suddenly gotten pretty low these days. I can tell because he easily loses it when he is around people or hears about anything to do with his concerns.