double door
noun
: an opening with two vertical doors that meet in the middle of the opening when closed compare dutch door
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But the court behind the nondescript double doors just off the kitchen is plenty big to work on ballhandling, post moves, form shooting, floaters, bank shots, elbow jumpers and free throws.
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Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Dec. 2023
In bigger classrooms, like large lecture auditoriums with double doors, there are electronic locks.
—Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press, 11 Feb. 2024
The second-most-popular choice was to open the kitchen with double doors or a row of doors (a quarter of homeowners went with this one).
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 1 Feb. 2024
Customers walking through Whole Harvest’s tall glass double doors are greeted with pale oak countertops, tiled walls and green houseplants.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 22 Jan. 2024
Shortly before noon, families trudged in through the double doors, soggy from the rain, and waited in the lobby.
—Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2024
Hanging outside the swinging double doors is a poster chart recognizing some of the school’s most prolific athletes.
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 12 Jan. 2024
Statham and Fox's characters wrestle around their home and trade verbal barbs at each other, eventually crashing through two double doors and into a bathroom.
—Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 31 Aug. 2023
Two live roaches strolled behind a kitchen cooler’s double doors.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2024
Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Dec. 2023
In bigger classrooms, like large lecture auditoriums with double doors, there are electronic locks.
—Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press, 11 Feb. 2024
The second-most-popular choice was to open the kitchen with double doors or a row of doors (a quarter of homeowners went with this one).
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 1 Feb. 2024
Customers walking through Whole Harvest’s tall glass double doors are greeted with pale oak countertops, tiled walls and green houseplants.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 22 Jan. 2024
Shortly before noon, families trudged in through the double doors, soggy from the rain, and waited in the lobby.
—Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2024
Hanging outside the swinging double doors is a poster chart recognizing some of the school’s most prolific athletes.
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 12 Jan. 2024
Statham and Fox's characters wrestle around their home and trade verbal barbs at each other, eventually crashing through two double doors and into a bathroom.
—Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 31 Aug. 2023
Two live roaches strolled behind a kitchen cooler’s double doors.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2024
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First Known Use
1840, in the meaning defined above
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