door

door

W1S1 [do: US do:r] n

[: Old English; Origin: duru 'door' and dor 'gate']

1.) the large flat piece of wood, glass etc that you open and close when you go into or out of a building, room, vehicle etc, or when you open a cupboard

→↑gate

open/close/shut the door

▪ Could you open the door for me?

the door swung/flew/burst etc open

▪ The door flew open and Ruth stormed in.

slam the door

(=shut it loudly, usually because you are angry)

front/back/side door

(=at the front, back etc of a house)

▪ Is the back door shut?

▪ the main door (=at the front entrance) of the cathedral

kitchen/bathroom/bedroom etc door

▪ Don't forget to lock the garage door.

▪ Can you answer the door (=open it after someone has knocked or pressed the bell) ?

get the door

AmE (=open or close it for someone)

▪ Here, let me get the door for you.

knock on/at the door

▪ Knock on the door and see if they're home.

cupboard/fridge etc door

▪ Mary slid back the closet door.

door handle/knob

▪ brass door handles

2.) the space made by an open door

= ↑doorway in/out (of)/through the door

▪ Rick turned and ran out of the door.

▪ I glanced through the open door.

3.) at the door

if someone is at the door, they are waiting for you to open the door of a building so they can come inside

▪ There's somebody at the front door.

4.) out of doors

outside

= ↑outdoors

▪ I prefer working out of doors.

5.) show/see sb to the door

to take someone to the main way out of a building

▪ My secretary will show you to the door.

6.) two/three etc doors away/down/up

used to say how many houses or buildings there are between your house, office etc and another building

two/three etc doors away/down/up from

▪ Patrick lived two doors away from me.

7.) (from) door to door

a) especially BrE from one place to another

▪ How long is the journey, door to door?

b) going to each house in a street or area to sell something, collect money, or ask for votes

▪ Joe sold vacuum cleaners door to door for years.

→↑door-to-door

8.) be on the door

to work at the entrance to a theatre, club etc, collecting tickets

9.) shut/close the door on sth

to make something impossible

▪ The accident shut the door on her ballet career.

→at death's door at ↑death, behind closed doors at ↑closed, get in through the back door at ↑back door, lay sth at sb's door at ↑lay² (19), ↑next door,open doors (for sb) at ↑open² (16), ↑open-door policy,open the door to sth at ↑open² (16), show sb the door at ↑show¹ (20)