EGAVE

door

About 99.58 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, typically consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. It may have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold it closed, and a lock that ensures it cannot be opened without a key.
    bathroom door, bedroom door, doorkey, exterior door, interior door
  2. noun A building with a door, especially a house.
    His house is three doors down.
  3. noun Any flap, etc., that opens like a door.
    cupboard door
  4. noun An entry point.
  5. noun A means of approach or access.
    Learning is the door to wisdom.
  6. noun A possibility.
    to leave the door open
  7. noun A barrier.
    Keep a door on your anger.
  8. noun A software mechanism by which a user can interact with a program running remotely on a bulletin board system. See BBS door.

Similar words

threshold doorway room access doorknob trapdoor hatch lock stoop window doorstep

Often followed by

and of to was opened open in behind with

Word family

doorless doors

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