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   door

   /dɔː/

   noun

   • 1. a hinged, sliding, or revolving barrier at the entrance to a building, room, or vehicle, or in the framework of a cupboard: "she looked for her key and opened the door"
   • ▪ a doorway: "she walked through the door"
   • ▪ used to refer to the distance from one building in a row to another: "he lives just a few doors away from the Strongs"

   Word Origin Old Englishduru, dor, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch deur ‘door’ and German Tür ‘door’, Tor ‘gate’; from an Indo-European root shared by Latin foris ‘gate’ and Greek thura ‘door’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. doored adjective

   Scrabble Points: 5

   • D

     2

   • O

     1

   • O

     1

   • R

     1

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