door
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.