sliding door
noun
: a door that opens and closes by sliding sideways instead of by swinging on hinges
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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.
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Isabelle Kliger, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The couple told investigators that the siblings had possibly slipped out of their sliding door as the parents slept in another room with their infant child.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Aug. 2025
Darren Gilbertson would start at the sliding door and retrace Kohberger’s footsteps that night.
—Chris Spargo, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
It's accessed by a sliding door and includes a small sink, a shower, and a toilet.
—New Atlas, 13 Aug. 2025
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Isabelle Kliger, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The couple told investigators that the siblings had possibly slipped out of their sliding door as the parents slept in another room with their infant child.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Aug. 2025
Darren Gilbertson would start at the sliding door and retrace Kohberger’s footsteps that night.
—Chris Spargo, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
It's accessed by a sliding door and includes a small sink, a shower, and a toilet.
—New Atlas, 13 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sliding door
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“Sliding door.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sliding%20door. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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