door

door

noun, often attributive \ˈdȯr\

Definition of DOOR

1

: a usually swinging or sliding barrier by which an entry is closed and opened; also : a similar part of a piece of furniture

2

: doorway

3

: a means of access or participation : opportunity <opens new doors> <door to success>

— door·less \-ləs\ adjective

— at one's door

: as a charge against one as being responsible <laid the blame at our door>

Examples of DOOR

1. I heard a knock on the door.
2. Please don't block the door.
3. I peeked through the open door.
4. He stood at the door.

Origin of DOOR

Middle English dure, dor, from Old English duru door & dor gate; akin to Old High German turi door, Latin fores, Greek thyra

First Known Use: before 12th century

Related to DOOR

Synonyms

gate, hatch, portal

Related Words

double door, Dutch door, French door, lattice, portcullis, postern, revolving door, storm door, trapdoor, wicket

Near Antonyms

discharge, dismissal, ejection, expulsion, ouster, rejection, removal

Other Architecture Terms

buttress, casita, cornice, fanlight, garret, lintel, parapet, pilaster, plinth

Rhymes with DOOR

boar, Boer, bore, chore, cor, core, corps, crore, floor, for, fore, four, frore, gore, Gore, hoar, lore, mor, more, nor, o'er, oar, or, ore, poor, pore, pour, roar, score, shore, snore, soar, sore, splore, spoor, spore, store, Thor, tor, torr, war, whore, yore, your

door

noun    (Concise Encyclopedia)

Movable barrier installed in the entry of a room or building to restrict access or provide visual privacy. Early doors were hides or textiles. With monumental architecture came pivoting doors of rigid, permanent materials; important chambers often had stone or bronze doors. Pompeiian doors looked much like modern wooden doors; they were constructed of stiles (vertical planks) and rails (horizontal planks) fastened together to support panels and occasionally equipped with locks and hinges. The typical Western medieval door was of vertical planks backed with horizontal or diagonal bracing. In the 20th century, a single, hollow-core panel door became most common. Other types include the revolving door, folding door, sliding door (inspired by the Japanese shoji), rolling door, and Dutch door (divided horizontally so that the lower or upper part can be opened separately).