Meaning of door | Babel Free

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1. door (portal of entry into a building)
2. A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, typically consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. It may have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold it closed, and a lock that ensures it cannot be opened without a key.
3. gate (doorlike structure outside a house)
4. A building with a door, especially a house.
   in-plural, metonymically
5. As a charge holding someone responsible: You shouldn't lay the blame for the fiasco at her door.
6. gate (passageway in an airport)
7. Any flap, etc. that opens like a door.
8. To refuse to allow for the possibility of: The secretary of state closed the door on future negotiations.
9. doorway, doorstep, gateway
10. An entry point.
11. To allow for the possibility of: Let's leave the door open for future stylistic changes.
12. goal (area into which players attempt to put an object)
13. A means of approach or access.
    figuratively
14. a knob-shaped handle for opening and closing a door. deurknop سُقّاطَةُ الباب дръжка на врата maçaneta klika der Türgriff dørgreb; dørhåndtag πόμολοmango, manilla ukselink دستگیره در ovennuppi poignée de porteידית दवाजे का दस्ता ručka od vrata kilincsgomb tombol pintu hurðarhúnn pomo/pomello della porta ドアの取っ手 문의 손잡이 apvali durų rankena (apaļš) durvju rokturis tombol deurknop rund dørvrier gałka د دروازه لاسگیر maçaneta mâner круглая дверная ручка kľučka gumb na vratih okrugla kvaka dörrvred,...
15. A possibility.
    figuratively
16. a man on duty at the door of a hotel, store etc. portier بَوّاب، حاجِب портиер porteiro vrátný der Portier dørmand; dørvogter πορτιέρηςportero uksehoidja دربان ovimies portierשוער द्वारपाल vratar, portir kocsirendező penjaga pintu dyravörður portiere ドアボーイ 정문지기 durininkas šveicars orang yang membuka pintu hotel portierdørvakt, portnerportier دربان porteiro portar швеицар; привратник vrátnik vratar vratar dörrvakt, vaktmästare คนเปิดประตูหน้าโรงแรมหรืออาคารต่าง ๆ kapıcı (飯店等的)門房 швейцар دربان ...
    etc
17. A barrier.
    figuratively
18. a mat kept in front of the door for people to wipe their feet on. deurmat مِمْسَحَة الأحْذِيَه изтривалка за крака capacho rohožka der Fußabtreter dørmåtte ψάθα της πόρτας, χαλάκιfelpudo, estera jalamatt پادری ovimatto paillassonמחצלת पापोश otirač lábtörlő keset motta við dyr zerbino ドアマット 도어매트 kilimėlis prie durų (kojoms nusivalyti) kājslauķis lap kaki deurmatdørmattewycieraczka د وره تر مخ يوه وړه غالى capacho preş половик rohožka predpražnik otirač dörrmatta พรมเช็ดเท้าหน้าประตู paspas 門口擦...
19. A software mechanism by which a user can interact with a program running remotely on a bulletin board system. See BBS door.
    dated
20. a raised step just outside the door of a house. drumpel عَتَبَة باب البَيْت праг degrau da porta schod přede dveřmi die Türstufe, die Schwelle dørtrin κατώφλιpeldaño, umbral ukse-eelne trepiaste پله جلوی در porras pas de porte סף הדלת बाहर के दरवाजे की ओर जाने वाला रास्ता kućni prag küszöb, lépcső tangga dyraþrep (gradino davanti alla porta) 戸口の上り段 문간의 층계 durų laipteliai pakāpiens (pie mājas ārdurvīm) anak tangga depan pintu stoepdørterskel, trappesteinpróg دوره زينه degrau de porta (treaptă ...
21. The proceeds from entrance fees and/or ticket sales at a venue such as a bar or nightclub, especially in relation to portion paid to the entertainers.
22. the space usually filled by a door. He was standing in the doorway. ingang مَدْخَل رَئيسي портал entrada vchod die Türöffnung døråbning άνοιγμα της πόρτας entrada, puerta, portal ukseava درگاه؛ سرسرا oviaukko porte פֶּתַח הַדֶלֶת द्वार मार्ग, दरवाजा dovratak kapualj ambang pintu dyr, dyragætt entrata, vano della porta 戸口 대문간 tarpduris stāvēt durvīs ambang pintu deuropeningdøråpningwejście دخل entrada in­trare дверной проём vchod vratna odprtina ulaz dörröppning, portgång ทางเข้าออก kapı aralı...
23. very close to where one lives. The Welsh mountains are on our doorstep. op jou drumpel قَريب من المَسْكِن на прага на perto před okny, pod nosem vor der Haustür lige uden for vores hoveddør ένα βήμα από το σπίτι μου en la misma puerta kiviga visata بسیار نزدیک به محل زندگی välittömässä läheisyydessä à la porte de (qqn) עַל סָף הַבָּיִת दहलीज, देहली na pragu nečega karnyújtásnyira dekat í næsta nágrenni (a due passi) すぐ近くに 매우 가까운 tik per slenkstį blakus; turpat kaimiņos sangat hampir vlakbijre...
24. puerta; [entrance] __ de entrada;back ___ → ___ de atrás.

Equivalents

Examples

“I knocked on the vice president's door.”

“Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.”

“‘No. I only opened the door a foot and put my head in. The street lamps shine into that room. I could see him. He was all right. Sleeping like a great grampus. Poor, poor chap.’”

“His house is three doors down.”

“He went five doors up the road to the bank.”

“We walked three doors up the street where we stopped in front 71 Richard D. Kutz.”

“"...The storage room is about, oh, three doors down, on the left. I'll point it out as we go by. Pay attention so you know where you have to come back to. Only then it'll be — let me see — about five doors down on your right."”

“A woman pushes a stroller in the direction of the synagogue, and another, just one door down from Pessie's apartment, is unloading groceries from her minivan.”

“the 24 doors in an Advent calendar”

“Learning is the door to wisdom.”

“to leave the door open”

“all doors are open to somebody”

“Keep a door on your anger.”

“The bar owner gives each band a percentage of the door and charges customers more to get in.”

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