Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Jamb \Jamb\, Jambe \Jambe\, Jambeau \Jambeau\, n.
See Jambes.
[PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Jamb \Jamb\, n. [Prov. E. jaumb, jaum, F. jambe a leg, jambe de
force a principal rafter. See Gambol.]
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Mining) Any thick mass of rock which prevents miners from
following the lode or vein.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Jamb \Jamb\, v. t.
See Jam, v. t. & i.
[1913 Webster] Jambe
Jamb
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
jamb
n 1: upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or
window frame
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
43 Moby Thesaurus words for "jamb":
Samson post, ankle, baluster, balustrade, banister, bayonet legs,
bowlegs, calf, cnemis, doorjamb, doorpost, drumstick, foreleg,
gamb, gambrel, gatepost, gigot, ham, hind leg, hitching post, hock,
king post, knee, leg, limb, milepost, mullion, podite,
popliteal space, post, scissor-legs, shank, shin, signpost,
snubbing post, stanchion, standard, stems, stile, stumps, tarsus,
trotters, upright