door

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going into a place ENTER
see also HOUSE, BUILDING, ROOM
- a thing that you open or close to go in or out of a building or room, or to use a cupboard, etc: door
a car door ◎ the fridge door ◎ the kitchen door ◎ an open door ◎ The door was ajar (= slightly open) .
- the main door of a building: front door
- the door at the back of a building: back door
The back door leads into the garden.
- a way into a building: entrance
There's another entrance round the back.
- a way out of a building: exit
an emergency exit
- a door that turns round: revolving door
- a door that opens both inwards and outwards: swing door (often plural)
- a door that can be opened by moving it to one side: sliding door
automatic sliding doors
- a pair of glass doors that open onto a garden or balcony: French windows (AmE French doors)(noun plural)
- an opening in a floor or ceiling, for example on a boat: hatch
- a kind of door in a wall, fence, hedge, etc: gate
the garden gate
※—† the area around a door
- an opening which a door fits into: doorway
He was standing in the doorway.
- a single step outside the door of a building: doorstep
- a mat by a door which you can wipe your shoes on to clean them before going inside: doormat
- the room or passage that is just inside the front entrance to a house: hall
- a covered area just outside the door of a building: porch
※—† opening and closing a door
- if a door opens towards you, you must pull (it)
Pull the door hard to open it.
- if a door opens away from you, you must push (it)
She pushed the door open and went in.
- the part of a door that you hold in order to open it: handle
She turned the handle and opened the door.
- a thing that is used to fasten a door so that you need a key to open it again: lock; to close a door with a key: lock sth; opposite: unlock sth
Please lock the door when you go out.
- a bar of metal that you can slide along the inside of a door to fasten it: bolt; to shut sth with a bolt: bolt sth; opposite: unbolt sth
Lock and bolt the doors and windows.
- a small piece of metal on which a door turns as it opens or closes: hinge
- to hit a door until it opens: break* sth down
The firefighters broke the door down to rescue her.
- to break or damage a door by kicking it: kick sth in
They had to kick the door in to get into the building.
※ more on opening and closing doors, windows, etc OPEN/SHUT, CLOSE, LOCK/CHAIN
※—† arriving at a door
- a bell on the outside of a house that you ring when you want to go in: doorbell
- to ring a doorbell: ring* (at the door)
I rang twice but nobody answered.
- to make a noise by hitting a door: knock (at the door)
We knocked and went in.
- to open a door because a person has knocked or rung the bell: answer (the door)
※ bells BELL
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- a person whose job is to open and close the door for people in a hotel, etc: doorman (plural doormen)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  doorway, room access, threshold