(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.
(n.) Any thick mass of rock which prevents miners from following the lode or vein.
(v. t.) See Jam, v. t.
Example Sentences:
(1) The knowledgeable staff will happily explain the merits of elusive Belgian beers with quirky names such as Jambe de Bois and Mad Helen.
(2) One of the differences between David Cameron and [his] predecessors – Margaret Thatcher, others whom you have had to prise out of Downing Street, their fingernails have been there in the door jamb – David Cameron is not interested in the office for what it can give him.
(3) One of the differences between David Cameron and [his] predecessors – Margaret Thatchers, others whom you have had to prise out of Downing Street, their fingernails have been there in the door jamb – David Cameron is not interested in the office for what it can give him.
(4) When I tried to text somebody yesterday about HMV, the spellchecker replaced "HMV" with "Jamb".
Sash
Definition:
(n.) A scarf or band worn about the waist, over the shoulder, or otherwise; a belt; a girdle, -- worn by women and children as an ornament; also worn as a badge of distinction by military officers, members of societies, etc.
(v. t.) To adorn with a sash or scarf.
(n.) The framing in which the panes of glass are set in a glazed window or door, including the narrow bars between the panes.
(n.) In a sawmill, the rectangular frame in which the saw is strained and by which it is carried up and down with a reciprocating motion; -- also called gate.
(v. t.) To furnish with a sash or sashes; as, to sash a door or a window.
Example Sentences:
(1) Attach self-adhesive foam strips, or metal strips with brushes or wipers attached, to window, door and loft-hatch frames (if you have sash windows, it's better to ask a professional to do it).
(2) In March 1990, in a ceremony in the new Congress building built by Pinochet in his home town of Valparaiso - 80 miles from the capital, Santiago, and intended to remain well out of mind of the real centres of power - a sombre Pinochet handed the presidential sash over to Aylwin.
(3) The extravasation of contrast medium was seen in a sash like fashion through arterial and venous phase.
(4) The fast-talking 61-year-old shakes hands with one wearing a tiara and sash reading “Miss Columbus”, from a beauty pageant to celebrate its namesake’s arrival in North America.
(5) The painting depicts him in crisp white military tunic with cap, spectacles and green sash, his hands gripping a rail as if surveying an adoring public.
(6) A sash-like cord used to strangle Grove was still knotted around his neck.
(7) Thinking they meant Sash!, a European dance act, he said no and was promptly beaten up.
(8) So the Zeiss girls turned up: blondes with big makeup and swimsuits with sashes saying Zeiss.
(9) The fight to make today better must become your central task.” *** A presidential sash with the pale blue and white stripes of Uruguay sits in a glass-topped box in Julio María Sanguinetti’s book-lined, sombre study in a house on a quiet street near Punta Carretas.
(10) She was just standing by the big sash window in her bedroom when she spotted Mrs Thatcher "toddling" around the hospital gardens unguarded.
(11) Zheng and her friends have natty red sashes and a large banner that says: "Honoured to take part in the election for the people's congress".
(12) Cervical spine injuries associated with three-point fixation lap-sash seat belts result from impact against the sash.
(13) Worn-out sliding sash windows can be replaced with double-glazed, draughtproofed ones.
(14) Sash (WshWsh) epidermis can support melanocyte differentiation and pigment production but lacks functional melanocytes.
(15) Then, as a final insult, he added a personal observation: that Marino, who wore a customary mayoral sash to his meeting with the pope in Philadelphia, “really looked like a fool”.
(16) The garish sashes were introduced to distinguish the non-uniformed militias from an enemy who favour the same get-up of traditional Afghan garb and AK-47 slung over the shoulder.
(17) The president and Mrs Reagan stood on a special platform on the South Lawn to greet Jackson, who wore a military jacket with sequins, plus floppy gold epaulettes and a gold sash, a single white glove with rhinestones, large dark glasses and full stage make-up.
(18) If success is measured by the quality of one's view, then Ekow Eshun has done very well: step out of the high sash window in his room at the Institute of Contemporary Arts and on to the roof, and a tourist's idea of London unfolds as far as the eye can see – Big Ben, parliament, the London Eye; the Mall, St James's Park.
(19) But though the window is heavy, and sometimes shudders in its frame, the sash slides smoothly upwards.
(20) But in July 2011, evidence of various unauthorised third-party deductions from beneficiaries’ bank accounts started to emerge, says Thandiwe Zulu, provincial director of Black Sash , a human rights organisation.