closed-door

[ klohzd-dawr, -dohr ]

adjective
  1. held in strict privacy; not open to the press or the public: a closed-door strategy meeting of banking executives.

Origin of closed-door

1
First recorded in 1930–35

Words Nearby closed-door

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How to use closed-door in a sentence

  • Fists clenched, he stood staring at the closed door, and his fresh color slowly deserted him and left him pale.

    Dope | Sax Rohmer
  • Now, all Jess could see were two thick chunks of wood nailed securely to the closed door opposite the open one.

    The Box-Car Children | Gertrude Chandler Warner
  • Mrs. Walbridge sat still for several minutes, staring at the closed door, a strange look on her pale face.

    Happy House | Betsey Riddle, Freifrau von Hutten zum Stolzenberg
  • Then Von Rosen sat again alone in his study, and now, in spite of the closed door, he heard noises above stairs.

    The Butterfly House | Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
  • He was master of this mysterious foe beyond the closed door.

    Frank Merriwell's Pursuit | Burt L. Standish

British Dictionary definitions for closed-door

closed-door

adjective
  1. private; barred to members of the public: a closed-door meeting

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Other Idioms and Phrases with closed-door

closed-door

An obstacle or restriction, as in There are no closed doors in the new field of gene therapy. [First half of 1900s]

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