Close
Close noun - An open space wholly or partly enclosed (as by buildings or walls).
Threshold
Threshold noun - The point at which something begins.
Usage example: at the threshold of the new year, it's time to look back and make resolutions for the future
Nearby Word: thresholding
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- The trick though is that while the doors stay open as long as the player is beyond their threshold, once he or she crosses it the doors close in a matter of seconds.
Source: Slow Doors -
Whenever David crossed the threshold for the Hulk to manifest, he would close his eyes for a moment, and when he opened them the irises had changed from brown to pale, bright green.
Source: Series / The Incredible Hulk -
Dangerously Close Shave: In the second film, one of Peppone's men, a barber, brags that if Don Camillo ever had the nerve to cross his threshold, he would get one of those.
Source: Literature / Don Camillo
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