Talk:garage door

RFD discussion: June–August 2018

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garage door

garage + door. --Per utramque cavernam 09:19, 5 June 2018 (UTC)

Comment: It might pass the fried egg test. In my house we have a door that leads to the garage from inside, which is a "garage door", but not the big type that you think of when someone says garage door. Often called a "garage entry door". – Julia ☺ ^{• formerly Gormflaith •} 22:19, 7 June 2018 (UTC)

• Keep as per Julia--she makes an important point. My garage actually has three different things that we might call the "garage door"--the ingang door into the house, the outgang door to the yard, and then the actual proper garage door that the car comes in through. I definitely think it passes the fried egg test. --SanctMinimalicen (talk) 23:41, 7 June 2018 (UTC)
• Keep - per Julia. John Cross (talk) 10:11, 10 June 2018 (UTC)
• Keep per SanctMinimalicen. I grew up in a house with a similar set-up, with a door leading from the house to the garage, another leading from the garage to the side of the house (the strip of land between houses), and the main "garage door" for cars to pass through. bd2412 T 12:14, 13 June 2018 (UTC)

This is similar to car door, which is still in RFD. DonnanZ (talk) 08:03, 16 June 2018 (UTC)

• Keep per Julia. And also worth pointing out that there are several definitions of garage. Have added 'residential' to definition. --Dmol (talk) 09:08, 25 June 2018 (UTC)
  • I'm not sure the residential distinction is necessary: while I agree that in most cases garage door refers to residential cases, these kind of doors are also common on commercial car repair garages. --SanctMinimalicen (talk) 14:23, 25 June 2018 (UTC)

Kept. Per utramque cavernam 11:23, 20 August 2018 (UTC)

Pronunciation Emphasis

One of the things that really convinces me that 'garage door' for cars and 'garage door' for people are separate senses is emphasis in pronunciation. 'Door' gets a special emphasis when you're talking about the garage door for people, similar to the way that 'kitchen door' is pronounced, or 'front door'. But with 'garage door' for cars, the 'door' component is an afterthought, with very weak emphasis. --Geographyinitiative (talk) 20:00, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

Is a garage door actually a door?

I've been thinking about this a little and I'm wondering: what other door goes "up"? Is a garage door really a door? I think that the term 'garage door' originated with cars in the early 1900s, when the garage had a big door on hinges that opened out. By the 1930s, it seems like the "overhead door" concept was created, and the term "door" just stayed. But this is no door. A door is on hinges or slides over. The novelty of the car doors that go up blows people's minds- an exception that proves the rule. This is something else. This is another reason in my mind to think of this as not SoP. --Geographyinitiative (talk) 22:45, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

Sure it's a door. So are the sliding ones in Star Trek. It's primarily about purpose (to close off an area but temporarily allow access), not about the technicalities of hinges. Equinox ◑ 22:50, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

@Equinox No wait. Look at Merriam on door ": a usually swinging or sliding barrier by which an entry is closed and opened". You think a garage door is a "sliding barrier"? So garage door is Definintely an edge case for doors. It's so freaky that in 1930 they had to put it in scare quotes as "Overhead Door". I apologize if I am wrong. Because of Wiktionary, I have read so many things that no normal person ever gets to read, and it has enriched my life incredibly. --Geographyinitiative (talk) 22:52, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

@Geographyinitiative: You have it: "usually swinging or sliding barrier by which an entry is closed and opened". Compare this to our definition: "portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, typically consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge". As Equinox said, its function is what matters; the rest is inconsequential. PUC – 23:21, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

"Scare quotes" and "freaky" seem like big exaggerations. Equinox ◑ 23:29, 1 July 2023 (UTC)