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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
door
going into a place ENTER see also HOUSE, BUILDING, ROOM - a thing that you open or close to go in or out of a building or room, or to use a cupboard, etc: door a car door ◎ the fridge door ◎ the kitchen door ◎ an open door ◎ The door was ajar (= slightly open) . - the main door of a building: front door - the door at the back of a building: back door The back door leads into the garden. - a way into a building: entrance There's another entrance round the back. - a way out of a building: exit an emergency exit - a door that turns round: revolving door - a door that opens both inwards and outwards: swing door (often plural) - a door that can be opened by moving it to one side: sliding door automatic sliding doors - a pair of glass doors that open onto a garden or balcony: French windows (AmE French doors)(noun plural) - an opening in a floor or ceiling, for example on a boat: hatch - a kind of door in a wall, fence, hedge, etc: gate the garden gate ※ the area around a door - an opening which a door fits into: doorway He was standing in the doorway. - a single step outside the door of a building: doorstep - a mat by a door which you can wipe your shoes on to clean them before going inside: doormat - the room or passage that is just inside the front entrance to a house: hall - a covered area just outside the door of a building: porch ※ opening and closing a door - if a door opens towards you, you must pull (it) Pull the door hard to open it. - if a door opens away from you, you must push (it) She pushed the door open and went in. - the part of a door that you hold in order to open it: handle She turned the handle and opened the door. - a thing that is used to fasten a door so that you need a key to open it again: lock; to close a door with a key: lock sth; opposite: unlock sth Please lock the door when you go out. - a bar of metal that you can slide along the inside of a door to fasten it: bolt; to shut sth with a bolt: bolt sth; opposite: unbolt sth Lock and bolt the doors and windows. - a small piece of metal on which a door turns as it opens or closes: hinge - to hit a door until it opens: break* sth down The firefighters broke the door down to rescue her. - to break or damage a door by kicking it: kick sth in They had to kick the door in to get into the building. ※ more on opening and closing doors, windows, etc OPEN/SHUT, CLOSE, LOCK/CHAIN ※ arriving at a door - a bell on the outside of a house that you ring when you want to go in: doorbell - to ring a doorbell: ring* (at the door) I rang twice but nobody answered. - to make a noise by hitting a door: knock (at the door) We knocked and went in. - to open a door because a person has knocked or rung the bell: answer (the door) ※ bells BELL ※ MORE ... - a person whose job is to open and close the door for people in a hotel, etc: doorman (plural doormen)
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