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pocket door

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Definition of pocket door

: a usually interior door that opens by gliding along a track into a recess in the wall

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First Known Use of pocket door

1955, in the meaning defined above

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“Pocket door.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pocket%20door. Accessed 18 Oct. 2021.

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