Thesaurus: jamb

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1. n. The vertical side of any opening, as a door or fireplace; hence, less properly, any narrow vertical surface of wall, as the of a chimney-breast or of a pier, as distinguished from its face.
2. n. Any thick mass of rock which prevents miners from following the lode or vein.
3. v. t. See Jam, v. t.
4. n. upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame
5. 1. (Arch) The vertical side of any opening, as a door or fireplace; hence, less properly, any narrow vertical surface of wall, as the of a chimney-breast or of a pier, as distinguished from its face. Gwilt. 2. (Mining) Any thick mass of rock which prevents miners from following the lode or vein. See Jam, v. t.
6. The vertical side of any opening, as a door or fireplace;hence, less properly, any narrow vertical surface of wall, as the ofa chimney-breast or of a pier, as distinguished from its face. Gwilt.
7. n:100 n. upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame