sliding door
English
Noun
sliding door (plural sliding doors)
- A door that opens and closes by sliding to the side; sometimes one of a pair.
- 2019 October 23, Pip Dunn, “The next king of Scotland”, in Rail, page 50:
- Thus, the ScotRail plan was to totally refurbish the trailer vehicles, with new sliding doors and a host of other improvements.
- (figurative, from the plot of the film 'Sliding Doors') Denotes a crucial decision point at which outcomes diverge depending on which of two courses is followed.
- sliding door(s) moment, sliding door(s) decision
Translations
door
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