Door

Noun

 * 1) A portal of entry into a building or room, consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. Doors are frequently made of wood or metal. May have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold the door closed, and a lock that ensures the door cannot be opened without the key.
 * 2) An non-physical entry into the next world, a particular feeling, a company, etc.
 * 3)  A software mechanism by which a user can interact with a program running remotely on a bulletin board system.

Adjectives for Door
massive; battered; paneled; reluctant; clamped; iron-bound; barricaded; heavy; monumental; lovely; sun-blistered; baffling; carved; solid; grilled; unyielding; poked; humble; weather-beaten; cathedral; unlatched; ponderous; stout; studded; opening; squeaking; communicating; yawning; cringing; ancient; worm-eaten; hacked; clanging; front; fateful; mystic; perpetual; unfrequented; love-crowned; substantial; impervious; moldering; revolving; portcullis; lodge; postern; sloping; sliding; hospitable; intermediate; veiled; padded; unguarded; infernal; impalpable; paternal; mossy; adamantine; unhinged; arched; mountain; shattered; curtained; guilty; shrunken; dilapidated; feeble.

Verbs for Door
appear at—; arch—; attain—; bar—; bar¬ricade—; batter down—; beat down—; bolt—; clamor at—; command—; commune at—; darken—; defend—; encamp at—; escort to—; exclude from—; fling open—; force—; gather at—; glimmer through—; guard—; guide to—; hammer on—; hinge —; 'hover about—; jam—; peep through—; pry at—; repulse from—; slam—; steal through—; stream through—; tap on—; tarry at—; tend—; venture through—; — admits; —creaks; —groans; —squeaks; — yawns; adjust—; attach—; fasten to—; force—; grasp—; handle—; hug—; jiggle—; manipulate—; mark—; move—; ornament—; palm—; release—; toy with—; try—; tug at—; turn—; soil—; —gives way; —turns.

Thesaurus
French door, access, adit, admission, admittance, archway, avenue, back door, barway, blowhole, bulkhead, carriage entrance, cellar door, cellarway, channel, chute, debouch, doorjamb, doorpost, doorway, egress, emunctory, entrance, entranceway, entree, entry, entryway, escape, estuary, exhaust, exit, floodgate, flume, front door, gate, gatepost, gateway, hatch, hatchway, ingress, lintel, loophole, opening, out, outcome, outfall, outgate, outgo, outlet, porch, pore, port, portal, porte cochere, postern, propylaeum, pylon, sally port, scuttle, side door, sluice, spiracle, spout, stile, storm door, tap, threshold, tollgate, trap, trap door, turnpike, turnstile, vent, ventage, venthole, vomitory, way, way out, weir

Etymology
From dor: <  duru:, dor: <  <. Cognates include Danish dør:, Dutch deur:, German Tür:, Tor:, Icelandic dyr:, Latin foris:, Modern Greek θύρα:, Persian در:, Russian дверь:, Hindustani द्वार: / دوار:, Armenian դուռ:, Irish doras: and Albanian der:.

Meronyms

 * handle
 * latch
 * lock

Derived terms

 * at death's door
 * door brake
 * doorgame


 * front door
 * get one's foot in the door
 * show somebody the door


 * sliding door
 * up and over door

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: باب (plural: أبواب)
 * Egyptian Arabic:
 * Aramaic:
 * Syriac: ܬܪܥܐ (tar‘ā’, tar‘o’)
 * Hebrew: תרעא (tar‘ā’, tar‘o’)
 * Armenian:
 * Old Armenian:
 * Basque: ate
 * Belarusian: дзверы
 * Bengali: দরজা, ফটক
 * Breton: dor, dorioù (note: nor after article in the singular)
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chamicuro:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dakota:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Egyptian:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Ewe: ʋɔtru
 * Faroese: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Old French: ,
 * Georgian:
 * German:, ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: दरवाज़ा, द्वार
 * Hungarian: ajtó, kapu, bejárat; ajtónyílás
 * Icelandic: dyr
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: porta
 * Irish:
 * Italian:, , ,
 * Japanese: 戸, 扉, ドア
 * Karachay-Balkar:
 * Khasi:
 * Korean: 문
 * Kurdish:, , ,
 * Lao:
 * Latin: ,
 * Latvian: durvis, duris
 * Latvian: durvis, duris


 * Lithuanian:
 * Lower Sorbian: źurja
 * Macedonian:
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam: വാതില്‍, കതക്, കവാടം, പ്രവേശനമുഖം
 * Maltese:
 * Marathi: दरवाजा (darvājā), दार (dār)
 * Mongolian: үүд (üüd)
 * Nahuatl: caltentli
 * Navajo:
 * Norwegian:
 * Occitan:
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Old English: ,
 * Persian: در
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi: ਬੂਹਾ (būhā), ਦਰਵਾਜ਼ਾ (darvāzā)
 * Romani:
 * Romanian:, uși
 * Russian:, двери
 * Sanskrit: द्वारं
 * Scottish Gaelic: dorus
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: pt
 * Roman: pt
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: pinto
 * Tamil: கதவு (kathavu)
 * Taos: kə̏dénemą
 * Tatar:
 * Telugu: తలుపు, ద్వారము
 * Thai: ประตู
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: gapy
 * Ukrainian:
 * Upper Sorbian: durje
 * Urdu: دروازہ, دوار
 * Uyghur: ئىشىك
 * Vietnamese:
 * Walloon:
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian: doar
 * Yiddish: טיר
 * Zazaki:
 * Zulu: isicabha
 * Zulu: isicabha

Verb

 * 1)  To cause a collision by opening the door of a vehicle in the front of an oncoming cyclist or pedestrian.

Anagrams

 * odor
 * ordo
 * rood

Etymology
From thuro:.

Preposition

 * 1) through
 * Hij schoot de bal door het raam. &mdash; He kicked the ball through the window.
 * 1) around within an enclosed space
 * Dolenthousiast rende het hondje door de kamer. &mdash; Very enthusiastically the puppy ran around the room.
 * 1) because of / due to
 * Door files kan ik niet op tijd komen. &mdash; Because of traffic jams I'm unable to arrive on time.

Synonyms

 * vanwege

Postposition

 * 1) through (implying motion)
 * Ik rijd nu de stad door. &mdash; I'm now driving through the city.
 * 1) around within an enclosed space
 * Dolenthousiast rende het hondje de kamer door. &mdash; Very enthusiastically the puppy ran around the room.

Adverb

 * 1) through, forward, on
 * Ondanks slecht weer ging het feest toch door. &mdash; Despite bad weather, the party went on anyway.

Derived terms

 * doorbreken
 * doorgaan
 * doorgang
 * doorgeven
 * doorstaan
 * doorstart
 * doortocht
 * doorvoeren
 * doorwerken
 * doorzetten
 * doorzichtig
 * tussendoor

Conjunction

 * 1) by
 * Hij vermeed een confrontatie door de andere kant op te lopen. &mdash; He avoided a confrontation by walking the other way.

Derived terms

 * door middel van

Anagrams

 * oord, rood