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jamb

[jam] / dʒæm /
NOUN
pillar
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When I tested the original Lockly Vision, I couldn't access the fingerprint reader as the lock butted up too close to my door jamb.

From The Verge ● Jul. 22, 2022

It was sturdily built with a steel jamb, impossible to kick in.

From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2022

Thankfully none of players entering the locker room afterward clanked off the door jamb.

From Seattle Times ● May 27, 2022

Check your tires every month to make sure they stay at the pressure recommended by the vehicle’s manufacturer, which is listed on the jamb on the driver’s door.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2022

Age and the settling of the house have warped the door completely, so that the top half of the door bulges away from the jamb.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse

Lacking an automated connection to a monitoring service, she connects exposed wires running along jambs to a light switch.

From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2023

“I started with a little campfire and it had eyes and it was really amorphous, like going through door jambs and keyholes” he said.

From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2023

You can typically make the height of the door’s rough opening just one-quarter inch longer than the factory length of the door jambs.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 2, 2021

Even if it means his leaving scratch marks on the chamber’s door jambs on the way out.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 13, 2021

Bulging tongues of ice had broken doors off their hinges, and through their splintered jambs I could see evidence of a raid: kicked- over furniture, drawers torn open, snows of paper on the floor.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs


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