door

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A flat barrier on a hinge that you open and close to enter or leave a room, building, or vehicle.

   I knocked on the door and waited.

2. 2
   noun

   The opening in a wall through which you enter or leave; a doorway.

   She stood in the door, watching the rain.

3. 3
   noun

   A way of getting or achieving something; an opportunity.

   A good education can open the door to many careers.

Common collocations

• close the door Verb + noun
• lock the door Verb + noun
• open the door Verb + noun
• back door Adjective + noun
• front door Adjective + noun
• locked door Adjective + noun
• answer the door Verb + noun
• sliding door Adjective + noun

From Middle English dore, dor, from Old English duru (“door”), dor (“gate”), from Proto-West Germanic *dur, from Proto-Germanic *durz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwṓr, from *dʰwer- (“doorway, door, gate”). Cognates Cognate with Scots door (“door”), Saterland Frisian Doore (“door”), West Frisian doar (“door”), Dutch deur (“door”), German Low German Door, Döör (“door”), German Tür (“door”), Tor (“gate”), Danish, Norn, and Norwegian dør (“door”), Faroese and Icelandic dyr (“door”), Asturian, Aragonese, and Spanish fuera (“outside”), Catalan, Leonese, and Portuguese fora (“outside”), French hors (…

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