dooring

door

A. rails

B. stiles

C. muntins

door

 (dôr)

n.

1.

a. A movable structure used to close off an entrance, typically consisting of a panel that swings on hinges or that slides or rotates.

b. A similar part on a piece of furniture or a vehicle.

2. A doorway.

3. The room or building to which a door belongs: They live three doors down the hall.

4. A means of approach or access: looking for the door to success.

tr.v. doored, door·ing, doors

1. Slang To strike (a passing bicyclist, for example) by suddenly opening a vehicular door.

2. To serve as a doorman or doorwoman of (a nightclub, for example).

Idioms:

at (someone's) door

As a charge holding someone responsible: You shouldn't lay the blame for the fiasco at her door.

close/shut the door on

To refuse to allow for the possibility of: The secretary of state closed the door on future negotiations.

leave the door open

To allow for the possibility of: Let's leave the door open for future stylistic changes.

show (someone) the door Informal

1. To eject (someone) from the premises.

2. To terminate the employment of; fire.

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[Middle English dor, from Old English duru, dor; see dhwer- in Indo-European roots.]

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door′less adj.

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