screen door

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screen door - a door that consists of a frame holding metallic or plastic netting; used to allow ventilation and to keep insects from entering a building through the open door; "he heard the screen slam as she left"

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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"

screen - a protective covering consisting of netting; can be mounted in a frame; "they put screens in the windows for protection against insects"; "a metal screen protected the observers"

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Lighting a lamp, Wing Bid- dlebaum washed the few dishes soiled by his simple meal and, setting up a folding cot by the screen door that led to the porch, prepared to undress for the night.

Winesberg, Ohio by Anderson, Sherwood View in context

I wish there was a long, long row of houses each with a corn husk mat and a screen door in the middle, and a newspaper to throw on every one

Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm by Wiggin, Kate Douglas View in context

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