Door definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary DOOR, n. [G., Gr.] 1. An opening or passage into a ... often in the plural, doors. My house is the first door from the corner. We have also the phrases, within doors ... doors, out of the house, abroad. 4. Entrance; as the door of life. 5. Avenue; passage; means of approach or access. An unforgiving temper shuts the door against reconciliation, or the door of reconciliation. I am the door; by me if ...
door-to-door definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: (of e ... point of origin to point of destination ; "the limousine offers door-to-door service" 2: omitting no one; from the door of one house to that of the next; "a door-to-door campaign"; "house-to-house coverage" [syn: door- ...
Blind door definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Door Door, n. [OE. dore, dure, AS. duru; akin to OS. dura, dor, D. deur, OHG. turi, door, tor gate, G. th["u]r, thor, Icel. dyrr, Dan ... closed and opened. At last he came unto an iron door That fast was locked. --Spenser. 3. Passage; means of approach or access. I am the door; by me if any man enter in, he shall ...
Blank door definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Door Door, n. [OE. dore, dure, AS. duru; akin to OS. dura, dor, D. deur, OHG. turi, door, tor gate, G. th["u]r, thor, Icel. dyrr, Dan ... closed and opened. At last he came unto an iron door That fast was locked. --Spenser. 3. Passage; means of approach or access. I am the door; by me if any man enter in, he shall ...
next door to definitions Merriam Webster's phrasal next to Webster's 1913 Dictionary Door Door, n. [OE. dore, dure, AS. duru; akin to OS. dura, dor, D. deur, OHG. turi, door, tor gate, G. th["u]r, thor, Icel. dyrr, Dan ... closed and opened. At last he came unto an iron door That fast was locked. --Spenser. 3. Passage; means of approach or access. I am the door; by me if any man enter in, he shall ...
To lie at one's door definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Door Door, n. [OE. dore, dure, AS. duru; akin to OS. dura, dor, D. deur, OHG. turi, door, tor gate, G. th["u]r, thor, Icel. dyrr, Dan ... closed and opened. At last he came unto an iron door That fast was locked. --Spenser. 3. Passage; means of approach or access. I am the door; by me if any man enter in, he shall ...
next door definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adv 1: at or ... to the adjacent residence; "the criminal had been living next door all this time" [syn: next door, in the adjacent house, in the adjacent apartment] Merriam Webster ... to the next building, house, apartment, or room < lives next door >; broadly in or at an adjacent place Collin's Cobuild Dictionary Note: The adjective is also spelled 'next-door'. 1. If a room or building is next door, it is the next one to the right or ...
To lay a fault misfortune etc at one's door definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Door Door, n. [OE. dore, dure, AS. duru; akin to OS. dura, dor, D. deur, OHG. turi, door, tor gate, G. th["u]r, thor, Icel. dyrr, Dan ... closed and opened. At last he came unto an iron door That fast was locked. --Spenser. 3. Passage; means of approach or access. I am the door; by me if any man enter in, he shall ...
back door definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a secret ... or a position); "he got his job through the back door" [syn: back door, backdoor] 2: an undocumented way to get access to a computer system or the data it contains [syn: back door, backdoor] 3: an entrance at the rear of a building [syn: back door, backdoor, back entrance] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Back door Back" door" A door in the back part of ...
open door definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the policy ... of granting equal trade opportunities to all countries [syn: open-door policy, open door] 2: freedom of access; "he maintained an open door for all employees" Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1526 1 ... with a country to all nations on equal terms • open-door adjective Webster's 1913 Dictionary Open door O"pen door (a) Open or free admission to ...
... Unclosed; not shut; as, the gate is open; an open door or window; an open book; open eyes. 2. Spread; expanded ... fastening or cover and set open; as, to open a door or gate; to open a desk. 2. To break the ... unobstructed entrance and exit; not shut or closed; "an open door"; "they left the door open" [syn: open, unfastened] [ant: closed, shut, unopen] 2: affording ... to open or to become open; "Mary opened the car door" [syn: open, open up] [ant: close, shut] 2: start to ... down, close up, fold, shut down] 3: become open; "The door opened" [syn: open, open up] [ant: close, shut] 4: ...
... Conceit. Out of date, not timely; unfashionable; antiquated. Out of door, Out of doors, beyond the doors; from the house; in ... the open air; hence, figuratively, shut out; dismissed. See under Door, also, Out-of-door, Outdoor, Outdoors, in the Vocabulary. ``He 's quality, and the question's out of door,'' --Dryden. Out of favor, disliked; under displeasure. Out of frame ... and died out of hand.'' --Latimer. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Door Door, n. [OE. dore, dure, AS. duru; akin to OS. ...
side door definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: an exterior door at one side of a building [syn: side door, side entrance] Moby Thesaurus French door, archway, back door, back road, back stairs, back street, back way, barway, bolt ... by-lane, bypass, bypath, byroad, bystreet, byway, carriage entrance, cellar door, cellarway, covert way, detour, door, doorjamb, doorpost, doorway, escalier ...
wicket door definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: small gate or door (especially one that is part of a larger door) [syn: wicket, wicket door, wicket gate] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Wicket Wick"et, n ... inlet, bay, vik a corner.] 1. A small gate or door, especially one forming part of, or placed near, a larger door or gate; a narrow opening or entrance cut in ...
trap door definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a hinged or sliding door in a floor or ceiling Collin's Cobuild Dictionary see trapdoor Moby Thesaurus French door, archway, back door, barway, bulkhead, carriage entrance, cellar door, cellarway, door, doorjamb, doorpost, doorway, front door, gate, gatepost, gateway, hatch, ...