sliding door
noun
: a door that opens and closes by sliding sideways instead of by swinging on hinges
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In today’s premium cabins, the latest flex isn’t Champagne or caviar—or even a sliding door.
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Chris Dong, Robb Report, 18 Oct. 2025
It's accessed by sliding door and contains a shower and a sink, plus a choice of flushing, composting or incinerating toilet.
—New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2025
Install a sliding door on your closet or for the room's entrance.
—Abby Wolner, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Oct. 2025
Bamboo Leaf Shoji Designed by Seido Iwata, the first head of Sekiso School of Ikebana, a paper sliding door, called shoji in Japanese, shows the silhouette of bamboo leaves gently swaying outside the window on the translucent washi paper.
—Isabelle Kliger, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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Chris Dong, Robb Report, 18 Oct. 2025
It's accessed by sliding door and contains a shower and a sink, plus a choice of flushing, composting or incinerating toilet.
—New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2025
Install a sliding door on your closet or for the room's entrance.
—Abby Wolner, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Oct. 2025
Bamboo Leaf Shoji Designed by Seido Iwata, the first head of Sekiso School of Ikebana, a paper sliding door, called shoji in Japanese, shows the silhouette of bamboo leaves gently swaying outside the window on the translucent washi paper.
—Isabelle Kliger, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Sliding door.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sliding%20door. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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