Door meaning
The definition of a door is a movable structure used for opening and closing an entrance or for giving access to something.
An example of a door is what someone would open to get into their house.
noun
The room or building to which a door belongs.
They live three doors down the hall.
noun
A means of approach or access.
Looking for the door to success.
noun
A doorway.
noun
To strike (a passing bicyclist, for example) by suddenly opening a vehicular door.
verb
Advertisement
I knocked on the vice president's door.
noun
To serve as a doorman or doorwoman of (a nightclub, for example).
verb
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.
noun
The room or building to which a particular door belongs.
Two doors down the hall.
noun
Any opening with a door in it; doorway.
noun
Advertisement
Any flap, etc. that opens like a door.
The 24 doors in an Advent calendar.
noun
A non-physical entry into the next world, a particular feeling, a company, etc.
Keep a door on your anger.
noun
(cycling) To cause a collision by opening the door of a vehicle in front of an oncoming cyclist or pedestrian.
verb
at (someone's) door
- As a charge holding someone responsible:.You shouldn't lay the blame for the fiasco at her door.
idiom
close
- To refuse to allow for the possibility of:.The secretary of state closed the door on future negotiations.
idiom
leave the door open
- To allow for the possibility of:.Let's leave the door open for future stylistic changes.
idiom
show (someone) the door
- To eject (someone) from the premises.
- To terminate the employment of; fire.
idiom
Advertisement
lay at the door of
- To blame (a person) for.
idiom
lie at someone's door
- To be imputable or chargeable to someone.
idiom
out of doors
- Outside a house, building, etc.; outdoors.
idiom
show someone the door
- To ask or command someone to leave.
idiom
Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
at (someone's) door
leave the door open
lay at the door of
lie at someone's door
Origin of door
- Middle English dor from Old English duru, dor dhwer- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English dore, dor, from Old English duru (“door”), dor (“gate”), from Proto-Germanic *durz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-, *dʰwor- (“doorway, door, gate”). Cognates include West Frisian doar, Dutch deur, German Tür (“door”), Tor (“gate”), Danish dør, Icelandic dyr, Latin foris, Modern Greek θύρα (thýra), Albanian derë pl. dyer, Kurdish derge (der), derî, Persian در (dar), Russian дверь (dver’), Hindustani द्वार (dvār) / دوار (dvār), Armenian դուռ (duṙ), Irish doras, Lithuanian durys.
From Wiktionary