Definition of door

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Door (n.) An opening in the wall of a house or of an apartment, by which to go in and out; an entrance way..

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Drop :: Drop (n.) A door or platform opening downward; a trap door; that part of the gallows on which a culprit stands when he is to be hanged; hence, the gallows itself..
Turnkey :: Turnkey (n.) A person who has charge of the keys of a prison, for opening and fastening the doors; a warder..
Betty :: Betty (n.) A short bar used by thieves to wrench doors open.
Case :: Case (n.) An inclosing frame; a casing; as, a door case; a window case..
Shut :: Shut (v. i.) To close itself; to become closed; as, the door shuts; it shuts hard..
Back Door :: Back door () A door in the back part of a building; hence, an indirect way..
Doorless :: Doorless (a.) Without a door.
Page :: Page (n.) A serving boy; formerly, a youth attending a person of high degree, especially at courts, as a position of honor and education; now commonly, in England, a youth employed for doing errands, waiting on the door, and similar service in households; in the United States, a boy employed to wait upon the members of a legislative body..
Pandoor :: Pandoor (n.) Same as Pandour.
Valve :: Valve (n.) A door; especially, one of a pair of folding doors, or one of the leaves of such a door..
Hasp :: Hasp (n.) A clasp, especially a metal strap permanently fast at one end to a staple or pin, while the other passes over a staple, and is fastened by a padlock or a pin; also, a metallic hook for fastening a door..
Knob :: Knob (n.) A knoblike ornament or handle; as, the knob of a lock, door, or drawer..
But :: But (v. t.) A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc.; -- so named because fastened on the edge of the door, which butts against the casing, instead of on its face, like the strap hinge; also called butt hinge..
Turnstile :: Turnstile (n.) A similar arrangement for registering the number of persons passing through a gateway, doorway, or the like..
Doornail :: Doornail (n.) The nail or knob on which in ancient doors the knocker struck; -- hence the old saying, As dead as a doornail..
Valve :: Valve (n.) A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, as in the barberry..
Clicket :: Clicket (n.) The knocker of a door.
Drive :: Drive (v. i.) To go by carriage; to pass in a carriage; to proceed by directing or urging on a vehicle or the animals that draw it; as, the coachman drove to my door..
Panel :: Panel (n.) A board having its edges inserted in the groove of a surrounding frame; as, the panel of a door..
Reveal :: Reveal (n.) The side of an opening for a window, doorway, or the like, between the door frame or window frame and the outer surface of the wall; or, where the opening is not filled with a door, etc., the whole thickness of the wall; the jamb..
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