door
door
(dɔːʳ )Word forms: plural doors
1. countable noun
A door is a piece of wood, glass, or metal, which is moved to open and close the entrance to a building, room, cupboard, or vehicle.
I knocked at the front door, but there was no answer.
The policeman opened the door and looked in.
I heard a door slamming.
opening, entry, entrance, exit, doorway, ingress, egress [formal]2. countable noun
3. countable noun
4. plural noun
Doors is used in expressions such as a few doors down or three doors up to refer to a place that is a particular number of buildings away from where you are.
[informal]Mrs Cade's house was only a few doors down from her daughter's apartment.
5. See also next door
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19. at death's door
