French door

noun

Definition of French doornext
as in revolving door

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  1. revolving door
  2. storm door
  3. double door
  4. lattice
  5. trapdoor
Noun
  • The Ferus Gallery was a revolving door of experimentation at the time and helped fuse the city’s otherwise sprawling and disparate art scene.
    — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Numerous investigations have documented how patients can become trapped in a revolving door of treatment, relapse and reenrollment, with each relapse putting them at risk of overdose and death.
    — Ilan Shrira, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of revolving door
Noun
  • Earlier this year, a 12-foot alligator was found peeping through a Southport woman’s storm door, and an 8-foot gator was caught hiding under a car at a bank drive-thru.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The apartment's storm door was broken, and multiple bullet holes were seen around the entrance, deputies said.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of storm door
Noun
  • Both had wide, private balconies directly overlooking the sand and surf, and were connected by a hallway that could be locked off with a double door for privacy.
    — Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The tall double door marked a new photo backdrop for the couple, with some speculating that it was captured at Forest Lodge, their family's new home.
    — Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 18 June 2026
Definition of double door
Noun
  • Apple's backlit Magic Keyboard comes standard on all MacBooks and uses a lattice/chiclet layout.
    — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026
  • At low enough temperatures, Cooper pairs appear as a consequence of ripples passing through the lattice.
    — Sven Badoux, New Atlas, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of lattice
Noun
  • For instance, say a cask of ginger rolls through a trapdoor and lands on a poor laborer below.
    — Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Daredevils dig Screaming Hyena, a 60-foot trapdoor slide that drops from the roof!
    — Alicia Underlee Nelson, Midwest Living, 15 July 2026
Definition of trapdoor
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