doornoun/do(ː)ɹ/

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  architectureA 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.

  • bathroom door, bedroom door, doorkey, exterior door, interior door
  • I knocked on the vice president's door.
• 2

  A building with a door, especially a house.

  • His house is three doors down.
  • He went five doors up the road to the bank.
• 3

  Any flap, etc., that opens like a door.

  • cupboard door
  • the 24 doors in an Advent calendar
• 4

  An entry point.

• 5

  A means of approach or access.

  • Learning is the door to wisdom.
• 6

  A possibility.

  • to leave the door open
  • all doors are open to somebody
• 7

  A barrier.

  • Keep a door on your anger.
• 8

  datedcomputingengineeringmathematicsA software mechanism by which a user can interact with a program running remotely on a bulletin board system. See BBS door.

doorverb/do(ː)ɹ/

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  cyclinghobbieslifestyleTo cause a collision by opening the door of a vehicle in front of an oncoming cyclist or pedestrian.

  • Kerr has acted for numerous clients who have been doored, including one man knocked off his bike and on to spiked railings, and another who ended up hitting a tree.
  • He [Pete Karageorgos] said cyclists who are doored are entitled to claim accident benefits from the driver's insurer if they aren't covered by a policy of their own.