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door (dôr)
noun
- a movable structure for opening or closing an entrance, as to a building or room, or giving access to a closet, cupboard, etc.: most doors turn on hinges, slide in grooves, or revolve on an axis
- the room or building to which a particular door belongs two doors down the hall
- any opening with a door in it; doorway
- any way to go in or out; passage; access
Etymology: ME dure, dor < OE duru fem. (orig., pair of doors), dor neut., akin to Ger tür, door, tor, gate < IE base *dhwer-, *dhwor-, door > L fores (pl. of foris), two-leaved door, Gr thyra, door (in pl., double door)
lay at the door of
lie at someone's door
out of doors
show someone the door
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Alternate definitions:
door
n.
Entrance
entry, portal, gate, bar, hatch, hatchway, postern, doorway, gateway, opening, aperture, exit; see also entrance 2, gate.Varieties of doors include: cellar, front, back, side, kitchen, closet, garage, storm, screen, barn, revolving, electric eye, automatic, secret, sliding, double, French, Dutch, trap, air.
Approach
gateway, opening, access; see entrance 1, opportunity 1.
lay at the door of
out of doors
show (someone) the door<strong>*
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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Converse of object
- glaze: French style uPVC double glazed doors with window side panels, the French doors lead into the rear garden.
Adjective modifier
- front: The key in the front door was only turned at night.
Modifies a noun
- neighbor: When she opens the door there stands Bob, the next door neighbor.
Noun used with modifier
- patio: There are patio doors leading onto the terraced area.
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Nuestro portero descubrio¤ , o creyo¤ descubrir, que su labor no se pod|¤a limitar a abrir la puerta del edificio, sino que e¤ l, el portero, era el sen alado, el elegido, el indicadopara mostrarles a todas aquellas personas una puerta ma¤ s amplia y hasta entonces invisible o inaccesible; puerta que era la de sus propias vidas. Our doorman discovered (or thought he had discovered) that his tasks could not be limited to just opening the door of the buildingöbut that he, the doorman, was the one chosen, elected, singled outto show everyone who lived there a wider door, until then either invisible or inaccessible: the door to their own lives.
Tired of knocking at Preferment's door.
O tell me the truth about love. When it comes, will it come without warning Just as I'm picking my nose? Will it knock on my door in the morning, Or tread in the bus on my toes?
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