Definitions | door |
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- A portal of entry into a building or room, 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.
- An non-physical entry into the next world, a particular feeling, a company, etc.
- Keep a on your anger.
Etymology: dor < (term, duru, , door), (term, dor, , gate) < Proto-Germanic - (term, , dur-) < (PIE.)
- (term, , dhwer-)/
- (term, , dhwor-, doorway, door, gate). Cognates include German (term, Tír), Icelandic (term, dyrr), Latin (term, foris), Modern Greek (term, sc=Grek, , tr=thíra), Persian (term, sc=fa-Arab, , tr=dar), Ancient Greek (term, sc=polytonic, , tr=thíra), and Russian (term, sc=Cyrl, ÑÑ, tr=dver").
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