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door

door


door    Audio Help   (dôr, dōr)   

n.  

    1. A movable structure used to close off an entrance, typically consisting of a panel that swings on hinges or that slides or rotates.

    2. A similar part on a piece of furniture or a vehicle.

  2. A doorway.

  3. The room or building to which a door belongs: They live three doors down the hall.

  4. A means of approach or access: looking for the door to success.

tr.v.   doored, door·ing, doors

  1. Slang To strike (a passing bicyclist, for example) by suddenly opening a vehicular door.

  2. To serve as a doorman or doorwoman of (a nightclub, for example).


[Middle English dor, from Old English duru, dor; see dhwer- in Indo-European roots.]
door'less adj.
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