revolving door Hear it!

revolving door definition

revolving door

  1. a door consisting of three to five upright panels hung on a central axle, and turned around by pushing on one of the panels: used to keep out drafts of air
  2. anything like a revolving door, as
    1. something that leads back to a previous place or condition for some criminals, the justice system is a revolving door back to the streets
    2. a place or situation through which a stream of persons passes, as a job with a high turnover rate
revolving-door definition

revolving-door (ri välviŋ dôr, -vôl-)

adjective

  1. designating or of the practice in which a former employee of a government department goes to work for a private company regulated by that department
  2. having a high turnover of personnel, members, etc.: said of a company, organization, etc.

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

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.