door

  • 31door —   Puka, puka hale, puka komo, īpuka, pani puka;    ♦ low side door, pākākā; eleua, eleao (ancient).    ♦ Thatch above a door, piko.    ♦ Door casing, kikihi.    ♦ Door corner, kihi puka.    ♦ Sliding or movable door, pani uai, puka uai.    ♦ Door …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 32door — [OE] Old English had two closely related words for ‘door’: duru (mirrored by German tür ‘door’) and dor (which corresponds to German tor ‘gate’). They gradually came together during the Middle English period. Both go back ultimately to the Indo… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 33door — [OE] Old English had two closely related words for ‘door’: duru (mirrored by German tür ‘door’) and dor (which corresponds to German tor ‘gate’). They gradually came together during the Middle English period. Both go back ultimately to the Indo… …

    Word origins

  • 34door — 1. noun /dɔː(ɹ),dɔːɹ,doʊɹ/ a) A portal of entry into a building or room, consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. Doors are frequently made of wood or metal. May have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold the door closed and a… …

    Wiktionary

  • 35door — [[t]dɔr, doʊr[/t]] n. 1) archit. a movable, usu. solid, barrier for opening and closing an entranceway, cupboard, cabinet, or the like, commonly turning on hinges or sliding in grooves 2) a doorway 3) a building, house, or the like as represented …

    From formal English to slang

  • 36door — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English dure, dor, from Old English duru door & dor gate; akin to Old High German turi door, Latin fores, Greek thyra Date: before 12th century 1. a usually swinging or sliding barrier by which an… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 37door — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. doorway, gate, portal, entrance, exit; barrier; inlet, outlet, path. See opening, ingress, egress. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Entrance] Syn. entry, portal, gate, bar, hatch, hatchway, postern, doorway,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 38door — 1) the entrance to a fish trap 2) a large, steel or alloy, door shaped structure attached to the wire in front of a net (such as a trawl) to spread the net open by hydrodynamic action …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 39door — v. To cause a cyclist to crash by unexpectedly opening a car door into the cyclist s path. Example Citation: Rebecca L. Reilly doesn t mess around when she s messing, street language for working as a bike messenger. She might get doored. She… …

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  • 40door — dɔː n. barrier of wood or other material which can be opened and closed; doorway, opening through which one enters v. strike a passing person or cyclist by unexpectedly opening a car door (Slang); serve as a doorman/doorwoman of a building or… …

    English contemporary dictionary