English Dictionary

door

/dɔː/

noun

A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, 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 lock that ensures the door cannot be opened without the key.

I closed the door behind me.

意味（1）

A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, 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 lock that ensures the door cannot be opened without the key.

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 immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.

意味（2）

Any flap, etc. that opens like a door.

the 24 doors in an Advent calendar

意味（3）

(immigration) An entry point.

意味（4）

(figuratively) A means of approach or access.

Learning is the door to wisdom.

意味（5）

(figuratively) A possibility.

to leave the door open

意味（6）

(figuratively) A barrier.

Keep a door on your anger.

意味（7）

(computing, dated) A software mechanism by which a user can interact with a program running remotely on a bulletin board system. See BBS door.

意味（8）

The proceeds from entrance fees and/or ticket sales at a venue such as a bar or nightclub, especially in relation to portion paid to the entertainers. "The bar owner gives each band a percentage of the door and charges customers more to get in"