doors

noun

plural of door
1
as in gates
a barrier by which an entry is closed and opened we locked the door to the room so that no one could get in

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2
as in doorways
the opening through which one can enter or leave a structure a steady stream of visitors through the front door

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3
as in entrances
the means or right of entering or participating in education unlocks the door to advancement

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Recent Examples of doors There are no doors, just a seat, a steering wheel and a flight stick, with every control switched off except two buttons. — CBS News, 13 Nov. 2026 The home renewal company provides replacement windows, siding, doors and roofing installations from roughly 14 showrooms and office locations dotted throughout the Midwest. — S. Sorrina Beecher, Chicago Tribune, 13 Nov. 2026 The Baza Telegram channel published a photograph of a black four-door car with a smashed windshield, doors and front bumper on a city street. — Reuters, NBC news, 13 Nov. 2026 The doors to the store opened Thursday with a traditional Hawaiian blessing ceremony to welcome the local community into the boutique. — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 13 Nov. 2026 The craft branches have largely closed their doors to nonfiction films since. — Clayton Davis, Variety, 13 Nov. 2026 The backstory The first Mandarin Oriental hotel—then called The Mandarin—opened its doors in Hong Kong in 1963 and has remained central to the hotel group’s core values, despite global expansion. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Nov. 2026 Red lacquered doors open to 6,000 square feet of stylish interiors, with eight bedrooms and six full bathrooms spread throughout. — Demetrius Simms For Robb Report, ARTnews.com, 6 Nov. 2026 Windows, doors, a bathroom, a kitchenette, partitions, wiring and furniture all connect to the main structure. — Rolanas Kutra, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doors
  1. gates
  2. doorways
  3. entrances
  4. accesses
  5. keys
  6. accessions
  7. entries
  8. gateways
Noun
  • Fans will be able to enter DeChevrieux Field from the north, west and east gates.
    — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 13 Nov. 2026
  • Mark Wolz, owner of Elite Fitness, a business across Burlington Avenue from the tracks near where the collision occurred, said a gym member saw the vehicle go around the warning gates before it was struck.
    — Marni Pyke, Chicago Tribune, 13 Nov. 2026
Definition of gates
Noun
  • The new clinic will feature doorways 42 to 48 inches wide, well beyond the 36-inch minimum the Americans With Disabilities Act requires.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Many migrants who remained in Ceuta have sheltered in Muslim neighborhoods, sleeping on streets, in doorways and in makeshift tent camps and centers run by NGOs and locals.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of doorways
Noun
  • All four spiral slides are open to the public and allow four people to ride simultaneously from various entrances such as the family-style restaurants, the Google offices, the Rosewood Hotel, and the Arte Abierto Art Space.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Con Edison trucks also blocked nearby roads by entrances at spots where NYPD vehicles would usually stand sentry.
    — Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of entrances
Noun
  • Latency becomes the new battleground The researchers say accesses that would normally leave a rack and travel through a conventional network could instead follow a more predictable path.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2026
  • This discipline involves architecting the entire information ecosystem an AI agent accesses—codebase structure, team standards, documentation and institutional knowledge (the unwritten rules and patterns teams develop over time).
    — Kevin Cushnie, Forbes.com, 23 Feb. 2026
Definition of accesses
Noun
  • The miniature toys can also be used as charms and attached to keys, bags and other accessories.
    — Shafiq Najib, ABC News, 10 Nov. 2026
  • The Rooms With eight minimalist guest rooms in the main house (all but one on the first floor) and three freestanding, sea-facing forest cottages, all 11 keys are both chic and cozy.
    — Nicole Trilivas, Travel + Leisure, 9 Nov. 2026
Definition of keys
Noun
  • Now, not in pots as houseplants but growing in the ground on prominent public display, there are more than 200 accessions representing 46 species.
    — The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2025
Definition of accessions
Noun
  • There’s plenty of room to build Pick’em entries well beyond the ESPN doubleheader.
    — OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Nov. 2026
  • The narrative moves between teenage football players, police officers, and clueless parents, with diary entries, footnotes, photographs, and archival materials at play; you might be reminded of Rejection or Lost Lambs, but with odder grammar.
    — Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of entries
Noun
  • The next-gen gateways are a crucial part of SpaceX's effort to deliver gigabit speeds with its new V3 satellites.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 13 Nov. 2026
  • Labor negotiations for security workers at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have been extended for the third time, again pushing back the possibility of a strike at the twin gateways.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2026
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“Doors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doors. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.

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