noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ open
▪ closed , shut
▪ locked , unlocked
▪ half-open
▪
The ~ was half-open when we got there.
▪ back , front , rear , side
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the back ~ of a house
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the rear ~ of a car
▪ entrance , main
▪ inner , internal
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The inner ~ leads to the safe and is always locked after 5 p.m.
▪ external , outer
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All external ~s should be bolted top and bottom.
▪ big , great , heavy , huge , massive , solid , thick
▪
She had trouble pushing the heavy ~ open.
▪ narrow , wide
▪ iron , oak , steel , wooden , etc.
▪ glazed
▪ double , French ( esp. AmE ), patio
▪
Go along the corridor and through the double ~s.
▪ screen ( esp. AmE )
▪ automatic , folding , revolving , sliding , swing ( BrE ), swinging ( AmE )
▪
He got stuck in a revolving ~.
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She pushed her way through the swing/swinging ~s.
▪ 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 ~ open and caught them stuffing a document back into a briefcase.
▪ try
▪
I tried the ~ but it was locked.
▪ bang , close , shut , slam
▪ pull closed , pull shut , pull to ( BrE ), push to ( BrE ), slam shut
▪
He pulled the ~ shut.
▪ bar , bolt , lock
▪
He arrived home to find the ~ barred.
▪
Remember to bolt the ~ 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 ~ on the latch so that I could sneak back in later.
▪ keep open , leave ajar , leave open , prop open
▪
Someone had propped the fire ~ open with a pile of books.
▪ come in , go in
▪ come out , go out , slip out of
▪
He came in the side ~.
▪ approach , head for
▪ bang on , knock at , knock on
▪
I banged on the ~ for several minutes but still couldn't wake them.
▪ answer
▪
Go and answer the ~.
▪ work ( AmE )
▪
He was working the ~ at the event.
▪ see sb to
▪ break down , kick down , kick in
▪
They had to break the ~ down to get into the house.
▪ block
DOOR + VERB
▪ creak
▪ burst open , creak open , fly open , open , slide open , swing open
▪
The ~ burst open and a little boy ran in.
▪ swing shut , swing to ( BrE )
▪ hang open
▪ be ajar , stand ajar
▪
The ~ stood ajar so I could see a narrow section of the room.
▪ be open , stand open
▪ be jammed , be stuck
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The ~ was jammed shut.
▪ bang , rattle , shake
▪
I was woken by a ~ banging in the wind.
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The ~ banged shut.
▪ click shut , close , shut , slam , slam shut
▪ connect sth
▪
The ~ connecting the two offices is kept locked.
▪ face sth
▪ lead to sth , open onto sth
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This ~ leads to my bedroom.
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The ~ opens onto a sunny terrace.
▪ be set in the wall
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I stopped at a low oak ~ set in the stone wall.
▪ bear sth , be marked sth
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The ~ bore a notice saying ‘Private’.
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I went through the ~ marked ‘Waiting Room’.
DOOR + NOUN
▪ handle , knob (usually doorknob )
▪ frame , jamb
▪
He leaned against the ~ jamb.
▪ furniture ( BrE , technical ), knocker
▪ bell (usually doorbell )
▪ chain ( esp. BrE ), latch ( esp. AmE ), lock
▪
Always put the ~ chain on.
▪ key
▪ mat (usually doormat )
▪ stop (usually doorstop )
▪
This book would make a good doorstop.
▪ opener
▪
automatic garage ~ openers
▪ hinge
▪
a creaking ~ hinge
▪ mirror ( esp. BrE ), panel (on a car)
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Parking is helped by wide ~ 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 ~ , round the ~ ( esp. BrE )
▪
She stuck her head around the ~ to say goodbye.
▪ at the ~
▪
There's someone at the ~.
▪ in the ~
▪
He stood in the ~ for several minutes before deciding whether he'd stay.
▪ through the ~
▪
He looked through the ~ to make sure the children were all right.
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She poked her head through the ~ to say goodbye.
▪ ~ into , ~ to
▪
the ~ into the backyard
▪ ~ between
▪
the ~ between the laundry room and the garage
PHRASES
▪ close, shut etc. the ~ behind you
▪
He banged the front ~ behind him as he left.
▪ hold the ~ for sb , open the ~ for sb
▪ blow a ~ off its hinges , pull a ~ off its hinges , take a ~ off its hinges
▪ shut, slam, etc. the ~ in sb's face