doors
plural of “door” — a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
An inflected form of door · plural.
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,303 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 14,056 times across 191,579 chapters — 0.007% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle he knocked on the doorhe slammed the door as he left
- the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close also: doorway, room access, threshold he stuck his head in the doorway
- anything providing a means of access (or escape) we closed the door to Haitian immigrantseducation is the door to success
- a structure where people live or work (usually ordered along a street or road) the office next doorthey live two doors up the street from us
- a room that is entered via a door his office is the third door down the hall on the left
doors in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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My inn is crowded to the doors.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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Within low doors the boozy boors Cat-naps take in pipe-bowl light.
John Marr and Other Poems · Herman Melville · Chapter 1
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Mary and the Apostles enter them at will, although the doors are bolted.
The Dream · Émile Zola · Chapter 1
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The factory in the Faubourg St. Antoine, where he was employed, had been compelled to close its doors.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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After this, I blocked up the doors with some boards, and an empty chest, turned the long way out.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1