DOOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does door mean? 

• DOOR (noun)
  The noun DOOR has 5 senses:

1. a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle

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

3. anything providing a means of access (or escape)

4. a structure where people live or work (usually ordered along a street or road)

5. a room that is entered via a door

  Familiarity information: DOOR used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

he slammed the door as he left

Hypernyms ("door" is a kind of...):

movable barrier (a barrier that can be moved to allow passage)

Meronyms (parts of "door"):

lock (a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "door"):

car door (the door of a car)

cargo door (door used to load or unload cargo)

double door (two vertical doors that meet in the middle of the door frame when closed)

fire door (a fire-resistant door that can be closed to stop the spread of a fire)

French door (a light door with transparent or glazed panels extending the full length)

interior door (a door that closes off rooms within a building)

revolver; revolving door (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 (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)

sliding door (a door that opens by sliding instead of swinging)

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)

trap door (a hinged or sliding door in a floor or ceiling)

Holonyms ("door" is a part of...):

door; doorway; 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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

door; doorway; room access; threshold

Context example:

he stuck his head in the doorway

Hypernyms ("door" is a kind of...):

entrance; entranceway; entree; entry; entryway (something that provides access (to get in or get out))

Meronyms (parts of "door"):

case; casing (the enclosing frame around a door or window opening)

doorsill; doorstep; threshold (the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway)

doorcase; doorframe (the frame that supports a door)

door (a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "door"):

exterior door; outside door (a doorway that allows entrance to or exit from a building)

Holonyms ("door" is a part of...):

wall (an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Anything providing a means of access (or escape)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Context example:

education is the door to success

Hypernyms ("door" is a kind of...):

access; accession; admission; admittance; entree (the right to enter)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "door"):

open door (freedom of access)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A structure where people live or work (usually ordered along a street or road)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

they live two doors up the street from us

Hypernyms ("door" is a kind of...):

construction; structure (a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A room that is entered via a door

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

his office is the third door down the hall on the left

Hypernyms ("door" is a kind of...):

room (an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling)

 Context examples 

“Now, Mr. McFarlane, two of my constables are at the door, and there is a four-wheeler waiting.”

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was a smart little landau which rattled up to the door of Briony Lodge.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“What an excellent father you have, girls!” said she, when the door was shut.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

The door was open; inside, huddled together upon a chair, Hunter was sunk in a state of absolute stupor, the favourite’s stall was empty, and there were no signs of his trainer.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Onley got up to go, but turned at the door and delivered a parting shot.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

I was alarmed at midnight with the cries of many hundred people at my door; by which, being suddenly awaked, I was in some kind of terror.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

He was so very weak and unused to walking that when the door opened and he passed outside, the wind nearly carried him off his feet.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

When we started, the crowd round the inn door, which had by this time swelled to a considerable size, all made the sign of the cross and pointed two fingers towards me.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

I groped my way to the door, and putting my own lips to the keyhole, whispered: “Is that you, Peggotty dear?”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Several times during the night he sprang to his feet when the shed door rattled open, expecting to see the Judge, or the boys at least.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)