front door
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Noun
[edit]front door (plural front doors)
- (literal) The door at the main entrance to a building or house, normally fronts onto a street.
- You'll find a light switch inside the front door on the left.
- 1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC:
- Calpurnia appeared in the front door and yelled, “Lemonade time! You all get in outa that hot sun ‘fore you fry alive!” Lemonade in the middle of the morning was a summertime ritual. Calpurnia set a pitcher and three glasses on the porch, then went about her business. Being out of Jem’s good graces did not worry me especially. Lemonade would restore his good humor.
- (by extension) The entire main entrance to a building or house.
- The habitual or designated main entrance to a room that has more than one door.
- Entry through the toilet's front door.
- (computing) The normal portal page to a website.
- (baseball) The path of a pitch which starts inside and then slides over the plate.
- His front door slider is hard to handle.
- (slang) vagina or penis, as a means of sexual intercourse, contrasted with the anus or "back door"
Synonyms
[edit](main entrance to a building): foredoor
Translations
[edit]main entrance
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normal portal page to a website