Door

Quick meaning: Door is a noun meaning (metonymic, chiefly in the plural) A building with a door, especially a house.

Meaning

(metonymic, chiefly in the plural) A building with a door, especially a house.

More Meanings

1. Any flap, etc. that opens like a door.
2. (immigration) An entry point.
3. (figurative) A means of approach or access.
4. (figurative) A possibility.
5. (figurative) A barrier.
6. (computing, dated) A software mechanism by which a user can interact with a program running remotely on a bulletin board system. See BBS door.
7. (architecture) A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, typically consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. It may have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold it closed, and a lock that ensures it cannot be opened without a key.

Example Sentences

His house is three doors down.

I knocked on the vice president's door.

He went five doors up the road to the bank.

We walked three doors up the street where we stopped in front 71 Richard D. Kutz.

Word Forms

• doors
• doore
• dooring
• doored

Synonyms for door

Depending on context, synonyms include threshold, doorway.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include threshold, doorway, doorknob, trapdoor, hatch, lock.

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