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door
  1. A portal of entry into a building, room or vehicle, consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. Doors are frequently made of wood or metal. May have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold the door closed, and a lock that ensures the door cannot be opened without the key.
  2. Any flap, etc. that opens like a door.
  3. (immigration) An entry point.
  4. A non-physical entry into the next world, a particular feeling, a company, etc.
  5. (computing) A software mechanism by which a user can interact with a program running remotely on a bulletin board system. See BBS door.
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  7. Examples:
    1. “You slip your coat on, walk out the door, and into the waiting arms of store security.”
      “A healthy diet is your door to a better life.”
doorstaff
  1. The employees who man a door in order to restrict access to a nightclub or similar establishment.
doorknob
  1. A circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of the door.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “I walked towards it, slowly, reaching my hand out to grasp onto the brass doorknob.”
      “The wrinkled old man seemed to relax, but the deep furrow in his brow didn't lift until she had her hand on the doorknob.”
      “He reached for the doorknob, but was suddenly jolted with a shock of electricity.”
doorhanger
  1. (computing) A visual notification that drops down from another element such as a toolbar icon.
doorplate
  1. A plaque mounted on a door, bearing information about the occupant of a room or building.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “He could distinguish fruit from leaves on a tree, and read the name on a doorplate where others could see nothing in the darkness.”
      “The doorplate was of cast iron of heavy section, strongly ribbed.”
      “Using an angle iron for a frame, a brass doorplate for a foot rest, aluminum found in the basement for a handlebar and scrap steel for a brake, Mr. Gebbia designed his own.”
doorway
  1. The passage of a door; a door-shaped entrance into a house or a room.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Jade reached the arched doorway to the great room.”
      “The movement has become big business and a doorway to fame and fortune.”
      “Just then a short man waddled out of a nearby doorway, barely squeezing through.”
doorline
  1. The line formed by the edge of a door, especially that of a motor car.
doorcheek
  1. The jamb or sidepiece of a door.
doorcase
  1. The surrounding frame into which a door shuts.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “I have to replace the faulty doorcase as the frame is not properly aligned for the door to shut securely.”
      “The classical doorcase with columns gradually gave way to a bold entrance embellished by carved scrolls.”
      “The doorcase on the front towards Guildhall is of stone, adorned with two columns, entablature, and pediment of the Doric order.”
doorlatch
  1. The latch that fastens a door.
doorframe
  1. The frame into which a door is fitted.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The carpenters worked diligently to install the new doorframe in the living room, ensuring it aligned perfectly with the adjacent wall.”
      “He stood away from the doorframe and moved further into the room when Joshua waved him over.”
      “She was holding a champagne glass, the liquid half gone, and was grasping the doorframe, her mouth in a permanent gape.”
doorstead
  1. (obsolete) The entrance or place of a door.
dooring
  1. the event of a cyclist crashing into a newly opened car door
doorknocker
  1. A knocker mounted on a door.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The doorknocker echoed through the dark hallway as I approached the ancient wooden door.”
      “The beat of the kick drum is the sound of a brass doorknocker thumping outside the vast, hollow halls of limbo.”
      “Scrooge sits before the fire in his dressing gown and nightcap thinking of the way that the doorknocker changed form.”
dooring
  1. (obsolete) The frame of a door.
doore
  1. Obsolete spelling of door
doormaker
  1. Someone who makes doors.
doorknockers
doorhangers
  1. plural of doorhanger
doorframes
doorplates
doorcheeks
  1. plural of doorcheek
doormakers
  1. plural of doormaker
doorsteads
  1. plural of doorstead
doorlatches
  1. plural of doorlatch
doorcases
doorknobs
  1. plural of doorknob
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  3. Examples:
    1. “She has nightmares of refrigerators crushing innocent children, with radiators and doorknobs capable of even worse.”
      “They nixed too-bright brass in favor of cut-glass doorknobs and polished nickel fixtures.”
      “Though needing to tap doorknobs is slightly weirder than needing to inject insulin.”
doorlines
  1. plural of doorline
doorways
  1. plural of doorway
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The buildings are made from a sandy beige stone, doorways are partially blocked with sandbags, windows are ragged blackened holes.”
      “The room was jam-packed full of people, even the halls and the doorways were crammed with people just wanting to be near.”
      “Rue was hung from doorways and windows to ward off evil spirits and prevent them from entering the house.”
doorings
  1. plural of dooring
doores
  1. plural of doore
doors
  1. plural of door
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  3. Examples:
    1. “She arrived at the doors of the convent while the abbess was praying in front of the church's crucifix.”
      “Behind the colourless doors of these homes were people who still live in the misery of abject poverty.”
      “Double doors separate two rooms, both with antique-style fireplaces, high coved ceilings and timber floors.”
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