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OUTSIDE DOOR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A doorway that allows entrance to or exit from a building
Synonyms:
exterior door; outside door
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("outside door" is a kind of...):
door; doorway; room access; threshold (the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close)
Meronyms (parts of "outside door"):
doorhandle; doorknob (a knob used to release the catch when opening a door (often called 'doorhandle' in Great Britain))
doorlock (a lock on an exterior door)
flexible joint; hinge (a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other)
pane; paneling; panelling (a panel or section of panels in a wall or door)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "outside door"):
back door; back entrance; backdoor (an entrance at the rear of a building)
Dutch door; half door (an exterior door divided in two horizontally; either half can be closed or open independently)
front door; front entrance (exterior door (at the entrance) at the front of a building)
side door; side entrance (an exterior door at one side of a building)
Holonyms ("outside door" is a part of...):
building; edifice (a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place)
