door

noun [C]

/dɔːr/

Definition

A1 a flat object that is used to close the entrance of something such as a room or building, or the entrance itself: the front door the back door a car door a sliding door The door to his bedroom was locked. We could hear someone knocking at/on the door. Could you open/close/shut the door, please? She asked me to answer the door (= go and open it for someone).Doors and parts of doors be on the door › to work at the entrance of a building, collecting tickets or preventing particular people from enteringDefending and protectingBacking, supporting and defendingPreserving and saving › used to refer to a house or other building: Sam only lives a few doors (away/up/down) from us. The people next door (to us) (= living in the house next to us) aren't very friendly.Houses and homes out of doors › outside in the open airFrom, out and outside

(Definition of door noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)