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door
[ dawr, dohr ]
noun
- a movable, usually solid, barrier for opening and closing an entranceway, cupboard, cabinet, or the like, commonly turning on hinges or sliding in grooves.
- a doorway:
to go through the door.
- the building, house, etc., to which a door belongs:
My friend lives two doors down the street.
- any means of approach, admittance, or access:
the doors to learning.
- any gateway marking an entrance or exit from one place or state to another:
at heaven's door.
door
/ ɔː /
noun
- a hinged or sliding panel for closing the entrance to a room, cupboard, etc
- ( in combination )
doorknob
doorbell
- a doorway or entrance to a room or building
- a means of access or escape
a door to success
- early doors informal.sport at an early stage
- lay at someone's doorto lay (the blame or responsibility) on someone
- out of doorsin or into the open air
- show someone the doorto order someone to leave
Other Word Forms
- Ǵǰl adjective
- -Ǵǰ adjective noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of door1
Word History and Origins
Origin of door1
Idioms and Phrases
- leave the door open, to allow the possibility of accommodation or change; be open to reconsideration:
The boss rejected our idea but left the door open for discussing it again next year.
- lie at someone's door, to be the responsibility of; be imputable to:
One's mistakes often lie at one's own door.
- show someone the door, to request or order someone to leave; dismiss:
She resented his remark and showed him the door.
More idioms and phrases containing door
see at death's door ; at one's door ; back door ; beat a path to someone's door ; behind closed doors ; close the door on ; darken one's door ; foot in the door ; keep the wolf from the door ; lay at someone's door ; leave the door open ; lock the barn door ; next door to ; open doors ; open the door to ; see someone out (to the door) ; show someone out (to the door) ; show someone the door .Example Sentences
Critics argue that foreign cash buys influence over American students and wedges open a back door to American intellectual property for foreign governments.
“They needed one boy next door, one fat dumb man, one fat dumb woman,” Roman said in her 2024 chat with Nashville station WTVF.
After the first doses of gas, the woman kicked a passenger door open with her bare foot and briefly appeared, before closing the door and staying inside the truck.
The review in 2017 detailed a gender skew towards women-only households, a greater likelihood of women answering the door to TV Licensing Enquiry Officers and a higher chance of them engaging positively with an officer.
The weigh-in took place behind closed doors at a London hotel on Friday.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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