[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/door/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [D](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/d/) / door # door noun (door, doors) «door» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. A door is a part of a wall that opens and closes so people can go in and out of a room, house or car. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/door/#m1) 2. A door is also a small hinged part of a cupboard, oven or fridge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/door/#m2) 3. «Next door» means in the house beside yours; «door to door» means from one house to the next or all the way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/door/#m3) ### In the lessons In maths: a thing counted in a building, car or cupboard; doors per room or car is a rate. Safety: fire doors, keep doors closed in a fire, do not open the door to strangers. Everyday life: knock on the door, shut the door, the front door, the back door. In stories: a secret door, a door to another world. Phrases: front door, next door, door to door, open the door, shut the door, at the door, out of doors (outside). ### Examples - A car has 4 doors. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/door/#x1) - Each room has 1 door and 2 windows. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/door/#x2) - The school has 3 floors with 10 doors on each. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/door/#x3) - How many doors do 5 cars have? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/door/#x4) - Please close the door quietly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/door/#x5) - Someone is knocking at the door. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/door/#x6) - Our neighbours next door have a trampoline. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/door/#x7) - In a fire, close the door behind you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/door/#x8) - Do not open the door to strangers when you are home alone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/door/#x9) - At midnight the cottage door opened. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/door/#x10) ### Note Countable: a door, doors. «Indoors» means inside, «outdoors» or «out of doors» means outside. A counted thing; «per car» or «on each floor» is a rate. No clue by itself. Trap: some cars have 2 doors and some have 4 or 5 (with the boot); read the problem. ## In Jewish tradition In the Torah it often means the entrance of the tabernacle, the "tent of meeting," where the people gather and offerings are brought. **Interpretation.** Tradition sees the door as the place where Israel meets God, and the doorposts in Egypt were marked with blood as a sign of protection. ### Examples - And he put the screen of the door to the tabernacle. (Torah EXO.40.28, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/door/#x1) - and assemble thou all the congregation at the door of the tent of meeting.' (Torah LEV.8.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/door/#x2) - And Lot went out unto them to the door, and shut the door after him. (Torah GEN.19.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/door/#x3) - Who can open the doors of his face? (Writings JOB.41.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/door/#x4) - Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not.' (Prophets 2KI.9.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/door/#x5) - And Berechiah and Elkanah were door-keepers for the ark. (Writings 1CH.15.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/door/#x6) ### Note Countable: a door, doors. «Indoors» means inside, «outdoors» or «out of doors» means outside. A counted thing; «per car» or «on each floor» is a rate. No clue by itself. Trap: some cars have 2 doors and some have 4 or 5 (with the boot); read the problem. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «door» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/door/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«door» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/door.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «door» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/door/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«door» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/door.html) on Mova free.