Meaning of sliding door | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A door that opens and closes by sliding to the side; sometimes one of a pair.
2. Denotes a crucial decision point at which outcomes diverge depending on which of two courses is followed.
   attributive, figuratively

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Examples

“Constructional features of the railbus include the use of rubber suspension for axlebox/underframe and underframe/body mountings, the use of B.U.T. power transmission equipment, many components of which are interchangeable with those on British Railways standard railcars, power-operated sliding doors, and an absence of normal sidebuffers or drawgear.”

“However, before Zoe could open the first cage, Burt’s van, looking decidedly the worse for wear, came thundering into the warehouse, smashing the huge metal sliding door into the air as it did so”

“Thus, the ScotRail plan was to totally refurbish the trailer vehicles, with new sliding doors and a host of other improvements.”

“sliding door(s) moment, sliding door(s) decision”

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