door
1. a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle (Freq. 98)
- he knocked on the door
- he slammed the door as he left
• Hypernyms:
movable barrier
• Hyponyms:
car door, cargo door, double door, fire door, French door,
interior door, revolving door, revolver, screen door, screen, sliding door,
storm door, swing door, swinging door, trap door
• Part Holonyms:
doorway, room access, threshold
• Part Meronyms:
lock
2. the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building;
the space that a door can close (Freq. 36)
- he stuck his head in the doorway
• Syn:
doorway, room access, threshold
• Hypernyms:
entrance, entranceway, entryway, entry, entree
• Hyponyms:
exterior door, outside door
• Part Holonyms:
wall
• Part Meronyms:
casing, case, doorframe, doorcase, doorsill,
doorstep, threshold
3. anything providing a means of access (or escape) (Freq. 5)
- we closed the door to Haitian immigrants
- education is the door to success
• Hypernyms:
entree, access, accession, admission, admittance
• Hyponyms:
open door
4. 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
• Hypernyms:
structure, construction
5. a room that is entered via a door
- his office is the third door down the hall on the left
• Hypernyms:
room
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