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door
has definitions from the fields of housing,architecture
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[ noun ] a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building
Examples "he knocked on the door" "he slammed the door as he left" Used in print (Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)Russell had reached the house as Cook surmised , dismounted , but just as the old trapper opened the door to receive him , he fell into the trapper 's arms - dead . When they were refused entrance to his brother 's house nearby , they smashed down the door , broke the window , and threw lighted clothes wet with kerosene into the room . As he pushed open the door he fell on his face , one of his comrades pulling him inside . When the house was about half consumed , his comrade ran to the door and threw up his hands , declaring repeatedly that he did not know the whereabouts of Manuel . (J. H. Hexter, "Thomas More: On the Margins...)But it is an answer which opens the door wide to an onrush of objections and denials . |
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[ noun ] (architecture) the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close
Synonyms Examples "he stuck his head in the doorway" Used in print (Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)It should be installed over a door that is in_full_view of everyone , and a chair should be placed under it , a_little to one side . (Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)He was promised that no harm would befall him if he would come_out , but he cursed and replied that he would shoot any man coming_near the door . Shot near the heart , he turned to one side and plunged for a door to another room several feet away , three bullets following him . (Edwin L. Bigelow and Nancy H. Otis,...)In 1846 Matthew_B._Goodwin , jeweler and watchmaker , became the town 's first telegrapher in a dwelling he built for himself and his business `` two doors north of the Equinox_House '' or `` one door north of the Bank , Manchester , Vermont '' . In 1846 Matthew_B._Goodwin , jeweler and watchmaker , became the town 's first telegrapher in a dwelling he built for himself and his business `` two doors north of the Equinox_House '' or `` one door north of the Bank , Manchester , Vermont '' . |
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[ noun ] anything providing a means of access (or escape)
Examples "we closed the door to Haitian immigrants" "education is the door to success" Used in print (Robert A. Futterman, The Future of Our Cities....)The suburban branch is thereby credited with a sale which would have been made even if its glass doors had never opened . (Guy Bolton, The Olympians....)On all sides doors were being slammed in his face . |
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[ noun ] a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
Examples "he knocked on the door" "he slammed the door as he left" Used in print (Ralph J. Salisbury, "On the Old Santa Fe Trail...)But Johnson could n't quickly unwire the truck door , and if I escaped , he might suffer . |
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[ noun ] a room that is entered via a door
Examples "his office is the third door down the hall on the left" Related terms |
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