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101door-o|pen|er — «DR OH puh nuhr, DOHR », noun. Informal. a means of entrance, access, or admission: »One [course] is Government auto insurance, which only the industry dreads as a door opener to further Government intervention in the insurance business (Time) …
102door|frame — «DR FRAYM, DOHR », noun. the frame in a doorway in which a door is set …
103door|keep|er — «DR KEE puhr, DOHR », noun. 1. a person who guards a door. 2. = doorman. (Cf. ↑doorman) …
104door|less — «DR lihs, DOHR », adjective. having no door …
105door|mat — «DR MAT, DOHR », noun. 1. a mat placed near a door for wiping off the dirt from the bottoms of one s shoes before entering. 2. Informal, Figurative. a person or group that is easily taken advantage of, used, defeated, etc. 3. = knotgrass. (Cf.… …
106door|piece — «DR PEES, DOHR », noun. 1. a thing to be attached to or hung on a door: »I didn t like traveling on streetcars with large wreaths or floral doorpieces for funerals (Saul Bellow). 2. = doorframe. (Cf. ↑doorframe) …
107door|plate — «DR PLAYT, DOHR », noun. a metal plate on a door with a name, number, or the like, on it …
108door|trap — «DR TRAP, DOHR », noun. a trap with a door that swings shut upon the entry of an animal …
109door|way — «DR WAY, DOHR », noun. 1. an opening in a wall to be closed by a door; portal. 2. Figurative. a way to get something; access: »the doorway to success …
110door|yard — «DR YAHRD, DOHR », noun. a yard near the door of a house: »When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom d (Walt Whitman) …
