'Door' definitions:
Definition of 'door'
From: WordNet
noun
A swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle; "he knocked on the door"; "he slammed the door as he left"
noun
The entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close; "he stuck his head in the doorway" [syn: doorway, door, room access, threshold]
noun
Anything providing a means of access (or escape); "we closed the door to Haitian immigrants"; "education is the door to success"
noun
A structure where people live or work (usually ordered along a street or road); "the office next door"; "they live two doors up the street from us"
noun
A room that is entered via a door; "his office is the third door down the hall on the left"
Definition of 'Door'
From: GCIDE
- Door \Door\, n. [OE. dore, dure, AS. duru; akin to OS. dura, dor, D. deur, OHG. turi, door, tor gate, G. th["u]r, thor, Icel. dyrr, Dan. d["o]r, Sw. d["o]rr, Goth. daur, Lith. durys, Russ. dvere, Olr. dorus, L. fores, Gr. ?; cf. Skr. dur, dv[=a]ra. [root]246. Cf. Foreign.]
- 1. An opening in the wall of a house or of an apartment, by which to go in and out; an entrance way. [1913 Webster]
- To the same end, men several paths may tread, As many doors into one temple lead. --Denham. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The frame or barrier of boards, or other material, usually turning on hinges, by which an entrance way into a house or apartment is closed and opened. [1913 Webster]
- At last he came unto an iron door That fast was locked. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Passage; means of approach or access. [1913 Webster]
- I am the door; by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved. --John x. 9. [1913 Webster]
- 4. An entrance way, but taken in the sense of the house or apartment to which it leads. [1913 Webster]
- Martin's office is now the second door in the street. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
- Blank door, Blind door, etc. (Arch.) See under Blank, Blind, etc.
- In doors, or Within doors, within the house.
- Next door to, near to; bordering on. [1913 Webster]
- A riot unpunished is but next door to a tumult. --L'Estrange.
- Out of doors, or Without doors, and, [colloquially], {Out doors}, out of the house; in open air; abroad; away; lost. [1913 Webster]
- His imaginary title of fatherhood is out of doors. --Locke.
- To lay (a fault, misfortune, etc.) at one's door, to charge one with a fault; to blame for.
- To lie at one's door, to be imputable or chargeable to. [1913 Webster]
- If I have failed, the fault lies wholly at my door. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Door is used in an adjectival construction or as the first part of a compound (with or without the hyphen), as, door frame, doorbell or door bell, door knob or doorknob, door latch or doorlatch, door jamb, door handle, door mat, door panel. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'door'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- access,
- adit,
- admission,
- admittance,
- archway,
- avenue,
- back door,
- barway,
- blowhole,
- bulkhead,
- carriage entrance,
- cellar door,
- cellarway,
- channel,
- chute,
- debouch,
- doorjamb,
- doorpost,
- doorway,
- egress,
- emunctory,
- entrance,
- entranceway,
- entree,
- entry,
- entryway,
- escape,
- estuary,
- exhaust,
- exit,
- floodgate,
- flume,
- French door,
- front door,
- gate,
- gatepost,
- gateway,
- hatch,
- hatchway,
- ingress,
- lintel,
- loophole,
- opening,
- out,
- outcome,
- outfall,
- outgate,
- outgo,
- outlet,
- porch,
- pore,
- port,
- portal,
- porte cochere,
- postern,
- propylaeum,
- pylon,
- sally port,
- scuttle,
- side door,
- sluice,
- spiracle,
- spout,
- stile,
- storm door,
- tap,
- threshold,
- tollgate,
- trap,
- trap door,
- turnpike,
- turnstile,
- vent,
- ventage,
- venthole,
- vomitory,
- way,
- way out,
- weir
Door -- U.S. County in Wisconsin
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Door -- U.S. County in Wisconsin
Population (2000) :
27961
Housing Units (2000) :
19587
Land area (2000) :
482.718703 sq. miles (1250.235648 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
1887.109352 sq. miles (4887.590577 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
2369.828055 sq. miles (6137.826225 sq. km)
Located within :
Wisconsin (WI), FIPS 55
Location :
44.966330 N, 87.290784 W
Words containing 'Door'
- Dooring,
- In doors,
- Out doors,
- Out of doors,
- doors,
- door-to-door,
- Back door,
- Batten door,
- Blank door,
- Blind door,
- Clack door,
- Dead door,
- Death's door,
- Door County,
- Door, WI,
- Dutch door,
- False door,
- Feed door,
- Folding door,
- Fore door,
- Front door,
- Jib door,
- Next door to,
- Screen door,
- Stage door,
- Storm door,
- Street door,
- To lie at the door of,
- To make the doors,
- To swing a door,
- Venetian door,
- Weather door,
- Wicket door,
- Within doors,
- Without doors,
- accordion door,
- barn door,
- car door,
- cargo door,
- door guard,
- door latch,
- door prize,
- double door,
- exterior door,
- fire door,
- french door,
- half door,
- hatchback door,
- heck door,
- interior door,
- louvered door,
- next door,
- open door,
- out-of-door,
- out-of-doors,
- outside door,
- revolving door,
- service door,
- show the door,
- side door,
- sliding door,
- swing door,
- swinging door,
- trap door,
- Door County, WI,
- To keep the wolf from the door,
- To lie at one's door,
- Without-door,
- closed-door,
- bi-fold door,
- door-key child,
- open-door policy,
- trap-door spider,
- To lay a fault misfortune etc at one's door