door

(noun, verb)

noun

1. a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle

- he knocked on the door

- he slammed the door as he left

Definition categories: man–made

2. the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close

- he stuck his head in the doorway

Similar word(s): doorway, threshold

Definition categories: man–made, entrance, entranceway, entree, entry, entryway

3. anything providing a means of access (or escape)

- we closed the door to Haitian immigrants

- education is the door to success

Definition categories: attribute, access, accession, admission, admittance, entree

4. a structure where people live or work (usually ordered along a street or road)

- the office next door

- they live two doors up the street from us

Definition categories: man–made, construction, structure

5. a room that is entered via a door

- his office is the third door down the hall on the left

Definition categories: man–made, room

Sentences with door as a noun:

- I knocked on the vice president's door

- the 24 doors in an Advent calendar

- Keep a door on your anger.

verb

1. (transitive, cycling) To cause a collision by opening the door of a vehicle in front of an oncoming cyclist or pedestrian.