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jamb noun [ dʒam ]

• a side post or surface of a doorway, window, or fireplace.
• "he leaned against the door jamb"
Similar: post, doorpost, upright, frame, pillar,
Origin: Middle English: from Old French jambe ‘leg, vertical support’, based on Greek kampē ‘joint’.

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