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door definition

door (dôr)

noun

  1. a movable structure for opening or closing an entrance, as to a building or room, or giving access to a closet, cupboard, etc.: most doors turn on hinges, slide in grooves, or revolve on an axis
  2. the room or building to which a particular door belongs two doors down the hall
  3. any opening with a door in it; doorway
  4. any way to go in or out; passage; access

Etymology: ME dure, dor < OE duru fem. (orig., pair of doors), dor neut., akin to Ger tür, door, tor, gate < IE base *dhwer-, *dhwor-, door > L fores (pl. of foris), two-leaved door, Gr thyra, door (in pl., double door)

door Idioms

lay at the door of

to blame (a person) for

lie at someone's door

to be imputable or chargeable to someone

out of doors

outside a house, building, etc.; outdoors

show someone the door

to ask or command someone to leave

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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