OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 3637

door

/do(ː)ɹ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
postigo • puerta
A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, typically consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. It may have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold it closed, and a lock that ensures it cannot be opened without a key.
I knocked on the vice president's door.
Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immens…
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