storm door

An outer or additional door added for protection against inclement weather.

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storm door

(Building) an extra outer door for protection in bad weather

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storm′ door`

a supplementary outside door, usu. glazed, for protecting the entrance door against wind, rain, etc.

[1875–80, Amer.]

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Noun

storm door - an extra outer door for protection against severe weather or winter

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"

Translations

storm door

n → controporta

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I think I will be done with the "mudding" in one room this week, and this past weekend I put on one storm door, and one interior door on the bathroom.

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FINTRY Repair and refurbishment works including additional building perimeter drainage, refurbishment of existing glazing and existing doors, any remaining period features, repair with like for like timber portico pillar section (missing) reinstate front storm door with decorative period style surround, block up one internal pass door and make double sided insulated door blanks to finish, block up one doorway and make double sided shelving, reinstatement of living spaces with insulated plasterboard linings, two rooflights on north west elevation at Old Ballikinrain East Lodge G63 0LL for Mr John Tierney.

Planning

It is thought he managed to escape being hit by closing the front storm door just as the gunman opened fire.

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Right now the big door's thrown open the storm door shut

Horizontal

Mark the timbers directly below the door opening, and use a reciprocating saw or handsaw to remove sections of one or two of the timbers (depending on the height of the storm door you'll be installing).

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The screws securing this storm door bracket had stripped.

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A window of a storm door on the porch was broken in the shooting.

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The two men who were at the door earlier were now kicking in her glass storm door. She saw that one of the intruders was armed, so she didn't waste any time defending herself.

A gut feeling

The storm door is designed to be airborne-projectile (missile) proof and tightly sealed.

Riding out the storm

"The storm door industry is what we started with when we opened in 1987," says Todd Woods, vice president of sales and marketing.

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Tending to confirm that Prairie's chief concern in all this was my safety, is the fact that when I left the house for my walk I firmly closed both the storm door and the main door, and yet when I returned both doors were wide open.

A country moment

he, as if his older brother, now outside the storm door,

Frozen Frame: The Kitchen, 1959