revolving door (redirected from revolving doors)

revolving door

n.

1. A door, as in the entrance of an office or apartment building, usually consisting of four rigid upright sections interconnected at right angles and rotating about a central upright pivot.

2. Informal An organization, institution, or place whose members, personnel, or population remain only a short time before going elsewhere.

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re·volving-door (r-vlvng-dôr, -dr) adj.

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revolving door

Noun

a door with four leaves at right angles to each other, revolving about a vertical axis

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	revolving door - an organization or institution with a high rate of turnover of personnel or membership social group - people sharing some social relation
	2.	revolving door - a door consisting of four orthogonal partitions that rotate about a central pivot; a door designed to equalize the air pressure in tall buildings revolver 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

revolving door n → (porte f à) tambour m

revolving door revolving n → Drehtür f

revolving door n → porta girevole