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See also:döör,Döör,anddoor-

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishdore,dor, fromOld Englishduru(“door”),dor(“gate”), fromProto-West Germanic*dur, fromProto-Germanic*durz, fromProto-Indo-European*dʰwṓr, from*dʰwer-(“doorway, door, gate”).

Cognates

Cognate withScotsdoor(“door”),Saterland FrisianDoore(“door”),West Frisiandoar(“door”),Dutchdeur(“door”),German Low GermanDoor,Döör(“door”),GermanTür(“door”),Tor(“gate”),Danish andNorwegiandør(“door”),Icelandicdyr(“door”),Latinforis andforas,Ancient Greekθύρα(thúra),Albanianderë pl.dyer,Central Kurdishدەرگە(derge),derî,Persianدر(dar),Russianдверь(dverʹ),Hindiद्वार(dvār),Armenianդուռ(duṙ),Irishdoras,Sanskritद्वार(dvāra),Lithuaniandurys.

A door
A woodendoor

Pronunciation

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enPR:dōr(without thehorse–hoarse merger)

enPR:dō(non-rhotic, without thehorse–hoarse merger but with thedough–door merger)

enPR:dôr(rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)

enPR:dô(non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)

enPR:do͝or

Noun

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door (pluraldoors)

  1. (architecture) Aportal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, typically consisting of a rigid plane movable on ahinge. It may have ahandle to help open and close, alatch to hold it closed, and alock that ensures it cannot be opened without a key.
    I knocked on the vice president'sdoor.
    • 1918,W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, inThe Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.:The Bobbs-Merrill Company,→OCLC:
      Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly,[…], down the nave to the westerndoor.[…] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.
    • 1963,Margery Allingham, chapter 20, inThe China Governess: A Mystery, London:Chatto & Windus,→OCLC:
      ‘No. I only opened thedoor a foot and put my head in. The street lamps shine into that room. I could see him. He was all right. Sleeping like a great grampus. Poor, poor chap.’
  2. (metonymic, chiefly in the plural) A building with a door, especially ahouse.
    His house is threedoors down.
    He went fivedoors up the road to the bank.
    • 2012 June, Richard D. Kutz,Up the Park, First Books,→ISBN, page71:
      We walked threedoors up the street where we stopped in front 71 Richard D. Kutz.
    • 2015 February 2, Laurel Deedrick-Mayne,A Wake For The Dreamland, FriesenPress,→ISBN, page24:
      "...The storage room is about, oh, threedoors down, on the left. I'll point it out as we go by. Pay attention so you know where you have to come back to. Only then it'll be — let me see — about fivedoors down on your right."
    • 2024 March 26, Julia Dahl,Run You Down: A Novel, Macmillan + ORM,→ISBN:
      A woman pushes a stroller in the direction of the synagogue, and another, just onedoor down from Pessie's apartment, is unloading groceries from her minivan.
  3. Any flap, etc. that opens like a door.
    the 24doors in an Advent calendar
  4. (immigration) An entry point.
  5. (figurative) A means of approach or access.
    Learning is thedoor to wisdom.
  6. (figurative) Apossibility.
    to leave thedoor open
    alldoors are open to somebody
  7. (figurative) Abarrier.
    Keep adoor on your anger.
  8. (computing, dated) Asoftware mechanism by which a user can interact with aprogram running remotely on abulletin board system. SeeBBS door.
  9. The proceeds from entrance fees and/or ticket sales at a venue such as a bar or nightclub, especially in relation to portion paid to the entertainers.
    The bar owner gives each band a percentage of thedoor and charges customers more to get in.

Hyponyms

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Meronyms

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Parts of doors (six panel)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Belizean Creole:doa
  • Sranan Tongo:doro

Translations

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portal of entry into a building, room or vehicle
any flap that opens like a door
immigration: entry point
figurative: means of approach or access
figurative: barrier
computing: software mechanism for interacting with a remotely running program

See also

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Verb

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door (third-person singular simple presentdoors,present participledooring,simple past and past participledoored)

  2. (transitive, cycling) To cause acollision by opening the door of a vehicle in front of anoncomingcyclist orpedestrian.
    • 2018 February 6, Helen Pidd, “I got 'doored' while undertaking on my bike. Was it my fault?”, inKatharine Viner, editor,The Guardian‎[1], London:Guardian News & Media,→ISSN,→OCLC, archived fromthe original on15 August 2023:
      Kerr has acted for numerous clients who have beendoored, including one man knocked off his bike and on to spiked railings, and another who ended up hitting a tree.
    • 2019 December 15, Ben Spurr, “How an Ontario rule stops 'doored' cyclists from getting drivers' insurance info”, inToronto Star‎[2], Toronto, Ont.:Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd.,→ISSN,→OCLC, archived fromthe original on27 April 2024:
      He [Pete Karageorgos] said cyclists who aredoored are entitled to claim accident benefits from the driver's insurer if they aren't covered by a policy of their own.
    • 2023 December 19, Angie Orellana Hernandez, “Being doored to death is a cyclist's nightmare. How can it be prevented?”, inLos Angeles Times‎[3], Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications,→ISSN,→OCLC, archived fromthe original on22 April 2024:
      To avoid beingdoored, cyclists such as Vilain, Davis-Overstreet and Michael Schneider monitor as many telltale signs as possible: shadows, brake lights, the actions of people sitting in the driver's seat.

Derived terms

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Translations

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to cause a collision by opening the door of a vehicle in front of an oncoming cyclist or pedestrian

Anagrams

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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    FromMiddle Dutchdōre, fromOld Dutchthuro, fromProto-Germanic*þurhw.

    Preposition

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    door

    1. through
      Hij schoot de baldoor het raam.
      He kicked the ballthrough the window.
    2. across,around(within a certain space)
      Dolenthousiast rende het hondjedoor de kamer.
      Very enthusiastically the puppy ranaround the room.
    3. because of,due to
      Synonyms:vanwege,ten gevolge van
      Door files kan ik niet op tijd komen.
      Because of traffic jams I'm unable to arrive on time.
    4. by, by means of
      Hij vermeed een confrontatiedoor de andere kant op te lopen.
      He avoided a confrontationby walking the other way.
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    Pronominal adverbs ofdoor
    prepositiondoor
    postpositional adv.door
    + het (it)erdoor
    + dit (this)hierdoor
    + dat (that)daardoor
    + wat (what)waardoor
    + iets (something)ergensdoor
    + niets (nothing)nergensdoor
    + alles (everything)overaldoor
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    Adverb

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    door

    1. through
    2. forward,on
      Ondanks slecht weer ging het feest tochdoor.
      Despite bad weather, the party wenton anyway.
    3. (postpositional, directional)through (implying motion)
      Ik rijd nu de staddoor.
      I'm now drivingthrough the city.
    4. (postpositional, spatial)across,around(within a certain space)
      Dolenthousiast rende het hondje de kamerdoor.
      Very enthusiastically the puppy ranaround the room.
    5. (postpositional, temporal)throughout,round(occurring all the time – constantly or frequently – within a certain time period)
      Zij kon geen maaltijd meer binnenhouden en moest de hele dagdoor kleine beetjes eten.
      She was unable to keep a meal in her stomach anymore and had to eat little snacksthroughout the day.
      Het hele jaardoor waren er problemen met hooligans.
      There were problems with hooligans all yearround.
      De kinderen waren de hele vakantiedoor in het zwembad te vinden.
      The children could be seen at the swimming poolthroughout the holidays.
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    Etymology 2

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      FromMiddle Dutchdôre, fromOld Dutch*dōro,Proto-West Germanic*dauʀō, fromProto-Germanic*dauzô.

      Noun

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      door m (pluraldoren,nodiminutive)

      1. (now Southern, archaic)fool,moron
        • 1869, Frans de Cort, "Walter van de Vogelweide als paedagoog" (article including a poem), in Frans de Cort (ed.),De toekomst. Tijdschrift voor opvoeding en onderwijs, Vol. 3, No. 6, page 245.
          Past ook op uwe ooren / Beter dan dedoren!
          (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)
        Synonyms:dwaas,nar,zot
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      Old Galician-Portuguese

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      FWOTD – 14 October 2012

      Etymology

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      Inherited fromLatindolōrem m(“pain”).

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      door f (pluraldoores)

      1. pain
        • 13th century, Afonso X the wise,Cantigas de Santa Maria, E Codex, Cantiga 206:
          ⁊ untou lle bẽ a chaga / ⁊ perdeu Log adoor. / ⁊ poſſ el a ſua mão. / ben firme en ſeu logar
          And anointed well the wound / and soon thepain was gone. / And put his hand / very firmly in its place.

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      Scots

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      Alternative forms

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      Etymology

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      FromMiddle Englishdore,dor, fromOld Englishduru(“door”),dor(“gate”), fromProto-West Germanic*dur.

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      door (pluraldoors)

      1. door

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      Verb

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      door

      1. tochoose
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