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door `noun` [ dɔː ]

• a hinged, sliding, or revolving barrier at the entrance to a building, room, or vehicle, or in the framework of a cupboard.

• "she looked for her key and opened the door"

Origin: Old English duru, dor, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch deur ‘door’ and German Tür ‘door’, Tor ‘gate’; from an Indo-European root shared by Latin foris ‘gate’ and Greek thura ‘door’.

at the door

• on admission to an event rather than in advance.

• "tickets will be available at the door"

as one door closes, another opens

• you shouldn't be discouraged by failure, as other opportunities will soon present themselves.

at the door

• on admission to an event rather than in advance.
"tickets will be available at the door"

close the door on

• exclude the opportunity for.
"she had closed the door on ever finding out what he was feeling"

from door to door

• from start to finish of a journey.
"the trip from door to door could take more than four hours"

lay something at someone's door

• regard someone as responsible for something.
"the failure is laid at the door of the government"

leave the door open

• ensure that there is still an opportunity for something.
"he is leaving the door open for future change"

make a better door than a window

• block someone's access to or view of something; be in the way.
"step aside, honey, you make a better door than a window"

on the door

• monitoring admission to a building or event.
"the uniformed commissionaires on the door"

open doors

• create opportunities for success.
"even a small effort to speak a local language can open doors"

out of doors

• in or into the open air.
"food tastes even better out of doors"

door noun [ dɔː ]

at the door

door `noun` [ dɔː ]