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UK [dɔː(r)] / US [dɔr] noun [countable]
Word forms "door":
singular door plural doors

1)

a) a large flat object that you open when you want to enter or leave a building, room, or vehicle

a little cottage with a red door

The door creaked slowly open.

There was a draught coming from under the door.

open/close/shut the door:

The police officer told him to open the car door.

Shut the door – it's cold in here!

knock on the door (= so that someone knows you are there):

I knocked on the door and a voice answered "Come in".

be at the door (= be outside the door to someone's house):

There's someone at the door.

answer/get the door (= go to your door to see who is there):

Go and answer the door, will you?

bang/slam the door (= close it noisily):

He ran out, slamming the door behind him.

door to/into:

The door to the kitchen was open.

back/front/side etc door:

Be sure to lock the back door when you leave.

bedroom/shed/car etc door:

The bathroom door was shut.

b) the space created when you open a door

A strange figure suddenly came through the door.

come in the door:

I'd just come in the door when the phone rang.

out the door:

Anne got out the door as quickly as she could when she saw him there.

2) an opportunity to do something, or a possibility that something will happen

door to:

For these young men, a sports career can be a door to fame and fortune.

open doors (for someone) (= create opportunities):

This new job has really opened a lot of doors for her.

open the door to something (= make it possible):

This decision could open the door to higher costs.

close/shut the door on something (= make it impossible):

The government is reluctant to shut the door on these proposals.

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as/when one door closes, another one opens — used for saying that even though you have lost an opportunity to do one thing, an opportunity to do something else has appeared

(from) door to door — used for talking about the total length of a journey from the place where you start to the place where you arrive; going to all the houses in an area, for example trying to sell things or asking for information or votes

The flight itself is only two hours, but it takes about five hours door to door.

get your foot/toe in the door — to get an opportunity to start working in an organization or business, especially when this will give you more opportunities in the future

She got her foot in the door working as a researcher on a TV show.

open its/the doors — if a building, organization, or country opens its doors, it allows people to enter, especially for the first time

open its/the doors to:

The country has slowly opened its doors to new immigrants.

shut/slam the door in someone's face — to close a door violently when someone is about to come into a room; to rudely tell or show someone that you are not interested in listening to their opinion or in helping them

He's had the door slammed in his face by every publisher in town.

two/a few etc doors down/up/along — used for saying how many rooms or houses you need to count before you come to the room or house you are talking about

His office is three doors down from mine.

- on the door

- out of doors

- show someone the door

- to your door

See:

closed