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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 buildingplay

  Familiarity information: INTERIOR DOOR used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


INTERIOR DOOR (noun)


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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