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door*/*/*/
[dɔː]
noun [C]
1) a large flat object that you open when you want to enter or leave a building, room, or vehicle
open/close/shut the door[/ex]
the bedroom/car door[/ex]
the back/front/side door[/ex]
I knocked on the door and a voice said ‘Come in.'[/ex]
Go and answer the door (= go to see who is there)![/ex]
There's someone at the door (= outside the door to your house).[/ex]
We'll deliver the goods to your door (= directly to your house) within 24 hours.[/ex]
2) the space created when you open a door
Syn:
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(from) door to door — 1) used for talking about the total length of a journey from the place where you start to the place where you arrive[/ex]
It takes two hours door to door.[/ex]

— 2) going to all the houses in an area, trying to sell things or asking for information or votes

out of doors — outside[/ex]
He spends a lot of time out of doors.[/ex]
See:
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