door

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ open

▪ closed, shut

▪ locked, unlocked

▪ half-open

▪

The door was half-open when we got there.

▪ back, front, rear, side

▪

the back door of a house

▪

the rear door of a car

▪ entrance, main

▪ inner, internal

▪

The inner door leads to the safe and is always locked after 5 p.m.

▪ external, outer

▪

All external doors should be bolted top and bottom.

▪ big, great, heavy, huge, massive, solid, thick

▪

She had trouble pushing the heavy door open.

▪ narrow, wide

▪ iron, oak, steel, wooden, etc.

▪ glazed

▪ double, French (esp. AmE), patio

▪

Go along the corridor and through the double doors.

▪ screen (esp. AmE)

▪ automatic, folding, revolving, sliding, swing (BrE), swinging (AmE)

▪

He got stuck in a revolving door.

▪

She pushed her way through the swing/swinging doors.

▪ apartment (esp. AmE), bathroom, flat (BrE), kitchen, etc.

▪ closet (esp. AmE), cupboard (esp. BrE), fridge, refrigerator

▪ elevator (AmE), lift (BrE)

▪ cubicle (esp. BrE), shower, stall (AmE)

▪ barn, Dutch (AmE), stable

▪ garage

▪ car

▪ driver's, passenger

▪ stage

▪ fire (= a heavy door used to prevent a fire from spreading in a building)

▪ trap (usually trapdoor)

▪ magic, mysterious, secret

VERB + DOOR

▪ fling open, open, pull open, push open, throw open

▪

He flung the door open and caught them stuffing a document back into a briefcase.

▪ try

▪

I tried the door but it was locked.

▪ bang, close, shut, slam

▪ pull closed, pull shut, pull to (BrE), push to (BrE), slam shut

▪

He pulled the door shut.

▪ bar, bolt, lock

▪

He arrived home to find the door barred.

▪

Remember to bolt the door before you go to bed.

▪ unbolt, unlatch (esp. AmE), unlock

▪ keep closed, keep shut, leave closed, leave shut

▪ leave on the latch (BrE)

▪

I left the door on the latch so that I could sneak back in later.

▪ keep open, leave ajar, leave open, prop open

▪

Someone had propped the fire door open with a pile of books.

▪ come in, go in

▪ come out, go out, slip out of

▪

He came in the side door.

▪ approach, head for

▪ bang on, knock at, knock on

▪

I banged on the door for several minutes but still couldn't wake them.

▪ answer

▪

Go and answer the door.

▪ work (AmE)

▪

He was working the door at the event.

▪ see sb to

▪ break down, kick down, kick in

▪

They had to break the door down to get into the house.

▪ block

DOOR + VERB

▪ creak

▪ burst open, creak open, fly open, open, slide open, swing open

▪

The door burst open and a little boy ran in.

▪ swing shut, swing to (BrE)

▪ hang open

▪ be ajar, stand ajar

▪

The door stood ajar so I could see a narrow section of the room.

▪ be open, stand open

▪ be jammed, be stuck

▪

The door was jammed shut.

▪ bang, rattle, shake

▪

I was woken by a door banging in the wind.

▪

The door banged shut.

▪ click shut, close, shut, slam, slam shut

▪ connect sth

▪

The door connecting the two offices is kept locked.

▪ face sth

▪ lead to sth, open onto sth

▪

This door leads to my bedroom.

▪

The door opens onto a sunny terrace.

▪ be set in the wall

▪

I stopped at a low oak door set in the stone wall.

▪ bear sth, be marked sth

▪

The door bore a notice saying ‘Private’.

▪

I went through the door marked ‘Waiting Room’.

DOOR + NOUN

▪ handle, knob (usually doorknob)

▪ frame, jamb

▪

He leaned against the door jamb.

▪ furniture (BrE, technical), knocker

▪ bell (usually doorbell)

▪ chain (esp. BrE), latch (esp. AmE), lock

▪

Always put the door chain on.

▪ key

▪ mat (usually doormat)

▪ stop (usually doorstop)

▪

This book would make a good doorstop.

▪ opener

▪

automatic garage door openers

▪ hinge

▪

a creaking door hinge

▪ mirror (esp. BrE), panel (on a car)

▪

Parking is helped by wide door mirrors.

▪ man (usually doorman), staff

▪ prize (= a prize for having the winning ticket handed out at the entrance to a social event) (AmE)

PREPOSITION

▪ around the door, round the door (esp. BrE)

▪

She stuck her head around the door to say goodbye.

▪ at the door

▪

There's someone at the door.

▪ in the door

▪

He stood in the door for several minutes before deciding whether he'd stay.

▪ through the door

▪

He looked through the door to make sure the children were all right.

▪

She poked her head through the door to say goodbye.

▪ door into, door to

▪

the door into the backyard

▪ door between

▪

the door between the laundry room and the garage

PHRASES

▪ close, shut etc. the door behind you

▪

He banged the front door behind him as he left.

▪ hold the door for sb, open the door for sb

▪ blow a door off its hinges, pull a door off its hinges, take a door off its hinges

▪ shut, slam, etc. the door in sb's face