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Noun: door  dor
  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"
     
  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 door";
    - doorway, room access, threshold
     
  3. Anything providing a means of access (or escape)
    "we closed the door to Haitian immigrants"; "education is the door to success"
     
  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"
     
  5. A room that is entered via a door
    "his office is the third door down the hall on the left"
Verb: door  dor
  1. Open a vehicle door so that it accidentally hits a passing cyclist, pedestrian or other vehicle

Sounds like: do

Derived forms: doors, dooring, doored

Type of: access, accession, admission, admittance, construction, entrance, entranceway, entrée, entry, entryway, movable barrier, room, structure

Part of: wall

Encyclopedia: Door, Door