back door backdoor | a secret or underhand means of access (to a place or a position), he got his job through the back door |
trap-door spider | American spider that constructs a silk-lined nest with a hinged lid |
back door backdoor back entrance | an entrance at the rear of a building |
barn door | the large sliding door of a barn |
bi-fold door | an interior door |
bow fore prow stem | front part of a vessel or aircraft, he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line |
car door | the door of a car |
cargo door | door used to load or unload cargo |
door | a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle, he knocked on the door, he slammed the door as he left |
door | a room that is entered via a door, his office is the third door down the hall on the left |
door | a structure where people live or work (usually ordered along a street or road), the office next door, they live two doors up the street from us |
doorway door room access threshold | the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building, the space that a door can close, he stuck his head in the doorway |
double door | two vertical doors that meet in the middle of the door frame when closed |
Dutch door half door | an exterior door divided in two horizontally, either half can be closed or open independently |
exterior door outside door | a doorway that allows entrance to or exit from a building |
fire door | a fireesistant door that can be closed to stop the spread of a fire |
flap | any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge, hangs loose or projects freely, he wrote on the flap of the envelope |
flap flaps | a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing, used to increase lift or drag |
folding door accordion door | an interior door that opens by folding back in sections (rather than by swinging on hinges) |
French door | a light door with transparent or glazed panels extending the full length |
front door front entrance | exterior door (at the entrance) at the front of a building |
hatchback hatchback door | a sloping rear car door that is lifted to open |
interior door | a door that closes off rooms within a building |
landing flap | a flap on the underside of the wing that is lowered to slow the plane for landing |
latch door latch | spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the outside with a key |
pocket flap | a flap that covers the access to a pocket |
revolving door revolver | a door consisting of four orthogonal partitions that rotate about a central pivot, a door designed to equalize the air pressure in tall buildings |
screen door screen | a door that consists of a frame holding metallic or plastic netting, used to allow ventilation and to keep insects from entering a building through the open door, he heard the screen slam as she left |
service door service entrance servant's entrance | an entrance intended for the use of servants or for delivery of goods and removal of refuse |
side door side entrance | an exterior door at one side of a building |
sliding door | a door that opens by sliding instead of swinging |
stage door | an entrance to the backstage area of theater, used by performers and other theater personnel |
storm door | an extra outer door for protection against severe weather or winter |
swing door swinging door | a door that swings on a double hinge, opens in either direction |
tent-fly rainfly fly sheet fly tent flap | flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent |
trap door | a hinged or sliding door in a floor or ceiling |
wicket wicket door wicket gate | small gate or door (especially one that is part of a larger door) |
door | anything providing a means of access (or escape), we closed the door to Haitian immigrants, education is the door to success |
open door | freedom of access, he maintained an open door for all employees |
flap | a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body |
back door backdoor | an undocumented way to get access to a computer system or the data it contains |
open-door policy open door | the policy of granting equal trade opportunities to all countries |
flap flapping flutter fluttering | the motion made by flapping up and down |
revolving door | an organization or institution with a high rate of turnover of personnel or membership |
outdoors out-of-doors open air open | where the air is unconfined, he wanted to get outdoors a little, the concert was held in the open air, camping in the open |
doorkeeper doorman door guard hall porter porter gatekeeper ostiary | someone who guards an entrance |
door prize | tickets are passed out at the entrance to a dance or party or other social function and a prize is awarded to the holder of the winning ticket |
dither pother fuss tizzy flap | an excited state of agitation, he was in a dither, there was a terrible flap about the theft |
flap | pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds |
slam flap down | throw violently, He slammed the book on the table |