door
A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, typically consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. It may have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold it closed, and a lock that ensures it cannot be opened without a key.
Noun 4 meanings
A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, typically consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. It may have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold it closed, and a lock that ensures it cannot be opened without a key.
“bathroom door, bedroom door, doorkey, exterior door, interior door”
A building with a door, especially a house.
“His house is three doors down.”
Any flap, etc., that opens like a door.
“cupboard door”
An entry point.
Verb 1 meaning
To cause a collision by opening the door of a vehicle in front of an oncoming cyclist or pedestrian.
Etymology
From Middle English dore, dor, from Old English duru (“door”), dor (“gate”), from Proto-West Germanic *dur, from Proto-Germanic *durz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwṓr, from *dʰwer- (“doorway, door, gate”).
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DOOR at a glance
DOOR has 4 letters and scores 5 points in Scrabble (D 2 + O 1 + O 1 + R 1) and 5 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #832 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with door
All rhymesOne letter away
- POOR6
- DOOM7
- MOOR6
- DOER5
- DOON5
- DOUR5
- DORR5
- BOOR6
- DOOB7
- DOOK9
- DOOS5
- GOOR5
- DOOL5
- LOOR4
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