'Back door' definitions:
Definition of 'back door'
(from WordNet)
noun
A secret or underhand means of access (to a place or a position); "he got his job through the back door" [syn: back door, backdoor]
noun
An undocumented way to get access to a computer system or the data it contains [syn: back door, backdoor]
noun
An entrance at the rear of a building [syn: back door, backdoor, back entrance]
Definition of 'Back door'
From: GCIDE
- Back door \Back" door"\ A door in the back part of a building; hence, an indirect way. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'back door'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- afterpart,
- afterpiece,
- archway,
- back,
- back road,
- back seat,
- back side,
- back stairs,
- back street,
- back way,
- backstairs,
- barway,
- behind,
- bolt-hole,
- breech,
- bulkhead,
- by-lane,
- bypass,
- bypath,
- byroad,
- bystreet,
- byway,
- carriage entrance,
- cellar door,
- cellarway,
- clandestine,
- covert,
- covert way,
- detour,
- door,
- doorjamb,
- doorpost,
- doorway,
- escalier derobe,
- escape hatch,
- escape route,
- feline,
- French door,
- front door,
- furtive,
- gate,
- gatepost,
- gateway,
- hatch,
- hatchway,
- heel,
- hidlings,
- hind end,
- hind part,
- hindhead,
- hole-and-corner,
- hugger-mugger,
- lintel,
- occiput,
- porch,
- portal,
- porte cochere,
- posterior,
- postern,
- privy,
- propylaeum,
- pylon,
- quiet,
- rear,
- rear end,
- rearward,
- reverse,
- roundabout way,
- scuttle,
- secret exit,
- secret passage,
- secret staircase,
- shifty,
- side door,
- side road,
- side street,
- skulking,
- slinking,
- slinky,
- sly,
- sneaking,
- sneaky,
- stealthy,
- stern,
- stile,
- storm door,
- surreptitious,
- tail,
- tail end,
- tailpiece,
- threshold,
- tollgate,
- trap,
- trap door,
- turnpike,
- turnstile,
- under-the-counter,
- under-the-table,
- undercover,
- underground,
- underground railroad,
- underground route,
- underhand,
- underhanded,
- unobtrusive