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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Door \Door\, n. [OE. dore, dure, AS. duru; akin to OS. dura,
dor, D. deur, OHG. turi, door, tor gate, G. th["u]r, thor,
Icel. dyrr, Dan. d["o]r, Sw. d["o]rr, Goth. daur, Lith.
durys, Russ. dvere, Olr. dorus, L. fores, Gr. ?; cf. Skr.
dur, dv[=a]ra. [root]246. Cf. {Foreign}.]
1. An opening in the wall of a house or of an apartment, by
which to go in and out; an entrance way.
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To the same end, men several paths may tread,
As many doors into one temple lead. --Denham.
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2. The frame or barrier of boards, or other material, usually
turning on hinges, by which an entrance way into a house
or apartment is closed and opened.
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At last he came unto an iron door
That fast was locked. --Spenser.
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3. Passage; means of approach or access.
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I am the door; by me if any man enter in, he shall
be saved. --John x. 9.
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4. An entrance way, but taken in the sense of the house or
apartment to which it leads.
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Martin's office is now the second door in the
street. --Arbuthnot.
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{Blank door}, {Blind door}, etc. (Arch.) See under {Blank},
{Blind}, etc.
{In doors}, or {Within doors}, within the house.
{Next door to}, near to; bordering on.
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A riot unpunished is but next door to a tumult.
--L'Estrange.
{Out of doors}, or {Without doors}, and, [colloquially], {Out
doors}, out of the house; in open air; abroad; away; lost.
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His imaginary title of fatherhood is out of doors.
--Locke.
{To lay (a fault, misfortune, etc.) at one's door}, to charge
one with a fault; to blame for.
{To lie at one's door}, to be imputable or chargeable to.
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If I have failed, the fault lies wholly at my door.
--Dryden.
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Note: Door is used in an adjectival construction or as the
first part of a compound (with or without the hyphen),
as, door frame, doorbell or door bell, door knob or
doorknob, door latch or doorlatch, door jamb, door
handle, door mat, door panel.
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