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door

UK/do(ː)ɹ/ US/doə/ very common

noun

1.

a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle

  • “he knocked on the door”
  • “he slammed the door as he left”
2.

the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close

  • “he stuck his head in the doorway”
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3.

anything providing a means of access (or escape)

  • “we closed the door to Haitian immigrants”
  • “education is the door to success”
4.

a structure where people live or work (usually ordered along a street or road)

  • “the office next door”
  • “they live two doors up the street from us”
5.

a room that is entered via a door

  • “his office is the third door down the hall on the left”

Origin

From Middle English dore, dor, from Old English duru (“door”), dor (“gate”), from Proto-West Germanic *dur, from Proto-Germanic *durz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwṓr, from *dʰwer- (“doorway, door, gate”).

Phrases

  • a creaking door hangs long on its hinges
  • a creaking door hangs longest
  • a golden key can open any door
  • air door
  • ashdump door
  • at church every time the doors are open
  • at church every time the doors swing open
  • at Death's door

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