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door English

Learners of English as a second language usually know the word door once they have reached the level A1 – Beginner. English words by learner level A1 A2 B1 B2 C1 C2

Meaning door meaning

What does door mean?

Definitions in simple English

door Noun

— A piece of a wall that can be opened (leaving a hole in the wall to walk through) or closed (covering the hole). Some doors are on hinges; others slide. Please open the door for him. His hands are full.

door

— noun 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

— noun (= doorway) 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

— noun anything providing a means of access (or escape) we closed the door to Haitian immigrants education is the door to success

— noun a room that is entered via a door his office is the third door down the hall on the left

— noun 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

Synonyms door synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as door?

door English » English

gate

doorway

entrance

opening

gateway

shutter

path

window

way

threshold

room access

portal

mouth

family

exit

entry

track

room

residence

passageway

lid

house

aperture

access

yard

way out

wall

steps

span

soot door

small door

slab

shut the door

sect

route

roadway

road

pyron

porta

place

phylum

penetration

pathways

passage

mansion

line

itinerary

household

home

hilus

Topics door topics

What do people use door to talk about?

Work and occupation Working with buildings Parts of a building

Door

• What words refer to the entrance to a house?
  door doorway entrance entry way
• What kinds of doors are there?
  front door back door side door screen door double doors glass door sliding door
• What are the parts of a door?
  doorknob door handle lock key bolt hinge doornail threshold doorsill doorstep doormat doorframe lintel doorpost doorbell

Daily life Food Food preparation

Cooking utensil

• What are the parts of these utensils?
  handle (of a pot, knife) blade (of a knife) lid (of a pot, container) lip (of a bowl) door (of an oven, refrigerator, cupboard) shelf (of a refrigerator, cupboard) rack (of an oven, grill)

Work and occupation Working with buildings

Parts of a building

• What words refer to the parts of a building?
  structure section part wing rotunda pillar column arch archway tower foundation floor roof room wall door window entrance exit passage hall corridor courtyard

Person Life

Die

• What words describe someone who is almost dead?
  dying be close to death about to die on death's doorstep be at death's door have one foot in the grave

Language and thought Want Request

Refuse to do something

• What words refer to refusing to do something?
  refuse refusal flatly refuse refuse point-blank not agree to will not say no decline shake your head turn down dig your heels in slam the door in someone's face draw the line at have none of

Social behavior Relationships

Neighbor

• What words refer to someone who lives nearby?
  neighbor neighbor next door neighbor

Social behavior Social activity Come together, form a group Visit

Welcome, receive

• What words refer to welcoming a person who has just arrived?
  welcome receive greet take in grant asylum open your door to admit

Work and occupation Finance Dishonest financial practices

Steal

• What do robbers do in order to steal things?
  break in break down the door case a joint crack a safe pick a lock

Work and occupation Business organization

Work for someone

• What words refer to firing an employee?
  fire someone send packing dismiss show the door to give the sack to lay off discharge let go

States Location Here, there Touching, contact

Next to

• What words indicate that something such as a building or country is next to another?
  next door adjoin border (v)

Examples door examples

How do I use door in a sentence?

Simple sentences

You needn't have seen him to the door.

Who left the door open?

Stop beating on the door!

The boy standing by the door is my brother.

Remember to lock the door.

The door is closing.

This is an automatic door.

I asked Tom to close the door.

Never open the door of a car that is in motion.

When he went out the front door, the bus was just coming around the corner.

He entered the room slowly by that door.

He was standing at the door.

The couple next door are fighting again.

I closed the door so that they wouldn't hear us.

Close the door when you leave.

Shut the door on your way out.

Close the door on your way out.

My next door neighbor is a virtuoso whose skills with the piano have earned him a name among music experts.

Hold on, someone is knocking at my door.

They are waiting for you in front of the door.

I consider the Jehovah's witnesses who knock on my door all the time to be no different from religious zealots trying to force their beliefs on me.

Please will you close the door when you go out.

They forgot to lock the door.

No wonder you could not open the door.

With her heart pounding, she opened the door.

We knocked at the door for five minutes, but in vain.

To my surprise, the door was unlocked.

Strange to say, the door opened of itself.

Movie subtitles

Close the damn door!

The damn door!

Just stay inside, and do not open the door for anyone!

Nice door!

I get up early, and as soon as I open the door, I practically ran into this spear that's stuck in the ground.

Because the door is right over there.

It's like a fantasy. like strawberries and champagne is just gonna magically arrive at the door.

There's a Dave Buster's right next door.

And the next time you want to come and talk to me, don't just show up at my door.

I kept looking at the door, thinking Rie was gonna walk in at any second, but she never did.

Uh, cab door.

Bonnie: Hey, why is this door locked?

Shut the door so James Franco can't get out.

Ah, damn it, Cam left the door open again.

We were put in a small room, door locked, curtains closed, and we sat silently all day long.

I saw her during the play. I helped her open the door to the roof.

Opened the door to the roof for her, basically gave her an invitation.

If you refuse, there's the door.

Are you going to open the door?

The small angular symbol, noticeable under the drawing, was usually carved into the barn door as protection against witches.

Many women, for instance, confess that - transformed into cats - they soiled the altar during the night, while two devils in the shape of animals stood guard at the church door.

I shall be at the stage door.

The discovery of this trap-door cost Joseph Buquet his life.

Try to find a door that will lead to us.

She asked you to be her partner and you had champagne. Then she shut the door, so I couldn't hear more.

Did you close my door?

Open the door. quietly!

I watched the door all night to see if he'd come out.

If you don't trust me enough to let me have a lock on my door, the least you can do is knock. Mom!

COME ON, OPEN THE DOOR! SAM, I JUST WANT TO TALK!

POUNDING ON THE DOOR.

AND THIS GUY THAT'S BEATING DOWN HER DOOR.

LET'S GO, LET'S GO. OKAY. OPEN THE DOOR.

BEFORE YOU EVEN SHOWED UP AT MY FRONT DOOR. HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME? HOW COULD I?

Um, Joshy, do you need, um, glasses? Because the door is right over there.

LESLIE: Hon, is someone at the door?

News and current affairs

We now know that the professor had broken into his own home, with the help of his chauffeur, because the door was jammed.

Conceivably, over the longer term, China's successful campaign could now open the door to lobbying by other governments to include their currencies as well.

So a rush to the door begins.

In the twenty-first century, next door is everywhere.

Clearly, the nuclear door is being reopened.

That focus on the battle with the communists may allow other forces to sneak into the Duma by the back door.

It will almost certainly fail to achieve its immediate objectives; but it may open the door to serious progress afterwards.

It is certainly in Russia's national interest to prevent chaos in the country's big next door neighbor.

But responsibility for assisting Burma does not lie solely at the door of the UN.

The IMF could then be shown the door.

When Hu also cancelled the traditional closed-door summer caucus of old Party elders that takes place each year at the beach resort of Beidaihe, hopes were raised that political reform might actually burst forth.

The era of Japanese militaristic and imperialist power has long gone, and the world is beating a path to China's door.

The door is open, and we don't like what we see.

The US retreat from Iraq signaled the limits of its engagement, and the problems in the EU's immediate neighborhood - not just in Syria, but also to the east and the south - are now knocking on its door.

As the dollar weakens, America looks even less safe. So a rush to the door begins.

Forced harmonization is dead, which opens the door to making new voluntary forms of social harmony possible.

The default threat was a way to depress bond prices in secondary markets, only to buy them back at a discount through the back door.

Only the German government and the ECB can open the door to this subtle but profound reform of the euro's fundamental underpinnings.

The Seoul Games in 1988 opened the door to South Korea's democratization.

If so, what was their purpose in letting him use so conspicuous a hiding place practically next door to a prominent military installation?