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Door definition

Door is a noun meaning "a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle." It has 5 meanings, listed below with example sentences.

Part of speech
noun
Syllables
1
Letters
4
How common
Everyday word

Door as a noun

  1. a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle

    "he knocked on the door"

  2. the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close

    "he stuck his head in the doorway"

    Same sense: room access, threshold, doorway

  3. anything providing a means of access (or escape)

    "we closed the door to Haitian immigrants"

  4. a structure where people live or work (usually ordered along a street or road)

    "the office next door"

  5. a room that is entered via a door

    "his office is the third door down the hall on the left"

Synonyms and antonyms

How to say door

Door has 1 syllable and rhymes with for. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with door

DOOR in word games

Scrabble
5
Words With Friends
5
Anagrams
3

Is DOOR a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check DOOR in the word checker, or unscramble DOOR to see its 3 anagrams and the shorter words in its letters.

Definitions and examples from Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Browse more words in the dictionary.