jamb

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for jamb

jamb 🔊 /ʤæˈm/

jamb : කම්බය

jamb : උළුවහු කණුව

jamb definition

Noun.

  1. 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. Any thick mass of rock which prevents miners from following the lode or vein.

Transitive verb. See Jam, Transitive verb.