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Noun

sliding door - a door that opens by sliding instead of swinging

barn door - the large sliding door of a barn

door - a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle; "he knocked on the door"; "he slammed the door as he left"

paneling, panelling, pane - a panel or section of panels in a wall or door

Translations

بابٌ مُنْزَلِق، باب مُتَحَرِّك

posuvné dveře

glidedør

Schiebetür

tolóajtó

rennihurî

skyvedør

posuvné dvere

sürmeli kapı

拉门

slide

(slaid) – past tense, past participle slid (slid) – verb

1. to (cause to) move or pass along smoothly. He slid the drawer open; Children must not slide in the school corridors.

2. to move quietly or secretly. I slid hurriedly past the window; He slid the book quickly out of sight under his pillow.

noun

1. an act of sliding.

2. a slippery track, or apparatus with a smooth sloping surface, on which people or things can slide. The children were taking turns on the slide in the playground.

3. a small transparent photograph for projecting on to a screen etc. The lecture was illustrated with slides.

4. a glass plate on which objects are placed to be examined under a microscope.

5. (also ˈhair-slide) a (decorative) hinged fastening for the hair.

ˈslide-rule noun

an instrument for calculating, like a ruler in shape and having a central section that slides up and down between the outer sections.

sliding door

a type of door that slides across an opening rather than swinging on a hinge.

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May led Archer into the old lady's sitting-room, where the sliding doors opening into the bedroom had been drawn shut, and the heavy yellow damask portieres dropped over them; and here Mrs.

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Wyatt's three rooms were in the after-cabin, which was separated from the main one by a slight sliding door, never locked even at night.

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The packed mass ran from the cabin partition to the sliding door behind the fo'c'sle stove; and Disko showed how there is great art in stowing cargo so as to bring a schooner to her best draft.

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I say gazed at the "rock," for, examine as we could, we could find no traces of the join of the sliding door; nor, indeed, could we hit upon the secret, now utterly lost, that worked it, though we tried for an hour or more.

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We started a quiet search and ultimately Ransome discovered him curled up in the sail-locker, which opened into the lobby by a sliding door. When remonstrated with, he mut- tered sulkily, "It's cool in there." That wasn't true.

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a sliding door. We were in the sail locker, scrambling on our knees over the sails.

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'The Volkswagen Caddy Kombi on the other hand, has two rear sliding doors with a seating capacity of up to seven passengers.

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On this page are living areas that best illustrate the use of interior sliding doors: they create privacy walls that serve their function while enhancing the design statement; they increase natural lighting

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Sliding doors are an effective option for partitioning off the space and can make the walk-in wardrobe available to almost any bedroom.

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Some models even feature integrated lighting systems and automatic sliding doors; adding a real touch of luxury to your bedroom.

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However, sliding doors are preferred on commercial vehicles frequently because of the ease of getting on and off.

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