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 Soleil’s Shimmering Body Oil, bridging makeup and fragrance, is the brand’s top-selling stock-keeping unit in specialty/multi doors. — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026 The drop count — or actual number of bodies through the doors — wound up being 12,166. — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 9 Oct. 2026 Rhimes moved her company’s home base to Netflix from Disney in 2017, about 18 months after Netflix threw open its doors to international business in January 2016. — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026 For families navigating school drop-offs, carpools, sports practices and road trips, sliding doors still beat long SUV doors in a crowded parking lot. — Chris Hardesty, AJC.com, 9 Oct. 2026 The country star announced the news on social media hours before doors were set to open at the BOK Center. — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2026 A couple of doors down is another world-class vintage store, Meow. — Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026 The outpost has welcomed 298 visitors from 26 countries since the doors swung open in 2000, by NASA’s count. — Marcia Dunn, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026 Inside the cabin, extensive additional sound deadening in the doors, trunk and wheel arches means phone calls and passenger conversations are entirely effortless at highway speeds. — New Atlas, 2 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doors
  1. gates
  2. doorways
  3. entrances
  4. accesses
  5. keys
  6. accessions
  7. entries
  8. gateways
Noun
  • About a year ago, Orvis let THR behind the gates of his impressive Utah compound.
    — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The old terminal’s proximity to the runway meant some gates were limited to smaller planes, such as Southwest’s 137-seat Boeing 737-700.
    — Annita Katee, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of gates
Noun
  • All multi-floor buildings have elevators, and there are accessible guest rooms with mobility features and wide doorways.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies applied a stricter standard, looking for single-floor living, a no-step entrance and hallways and doorways wide enough for wheelchair access, and found fewer than 4% of homes qualified.
    — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of doorways
Noun
  • Eight venues are interconnected by hidden passageways, secret entrances, and whimsical performances.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2026
  • The airport had a heavy police presence, with all entrances blocked, and lights around the complex were dimmed.
    — Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 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
  • Drawing from the Renaissance game’s design and motif, there are playful talismans — geese, dragonflies, clovers, horseshoes, dice, keys and ladybugs — across trays, teapots, mugs, boxes, miniatures and espresso sets.
    — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The rooms There are 100 keys in total, ranging from guestrooms and suites to multi-room casitas and a 12-bedroom Bunkhouse.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 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
  • Apply the same technique to other theme answers, relying on the crossing entries for help.
    — Sean McGowan, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Modi's party and the Election Commission say the revision is aimed at removing duplicate and ineligible entries while ensuring eligible voters remain registered.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of entries
Noun
  • West Coast gateways gained share, while several East and Gulf Coast ports recorded declines.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The channel is one of the most crucial gateways for moving oil and gas out of the Gulf region.
    — Garrett Downs, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of gateways

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“Doors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doors. Accessed 13 Oct. 2026.

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