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INTERIOR DOOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does interior door mean?
• INTERIOR DOOR (noun)
The noun INTERIOR DOOR has 1 sense:
1. a door that closes off rooms within a building
Familiarity information: INTERIOR DOOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A door that closes off rooms within a building
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("interior door" is a kind of...):
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 "interior door"):
bi-fold door (an interior door)
accordion door; folding door (an interior door that opens by folding back in sections (rather than by swinging on hinges))
Holonyms ("interior door" is a part of...):
building; edifice (a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place)
Context examples
But when I'd shouted "Hello" several times in vain an argument broke out behind a partition and presently a lovely Jewess appeared at an interior door and scrutinized me with black hostile eyes.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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