door-to-door en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˌdɔː(ɹ)təˈdɔː(ɹ)/
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Going from house to house, when selling, delivering, or asking for something.
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(not-comparable) Sent or delivered from a store or factory directly to a house.
They must secure a higher share of the consumer goods which require transport not from siding-to-siding, but door-to-door.
1959 November, “The British Association looks at British Railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 545:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| door to door | alternative | lexicographic | |
| D2D | Abbr=Yes | alternative | lexicographic |
Translations (12)
ru подомово́й (going from house to house) · pt porta a porta (going from house to house) · ru покварти́рный (going from house to house) · fi kotiinkuljetettu (sent or delivered directly to a house) · it pòrta a pòrta (going from house to house) · de Tür-zu-Tür (going from house to house) · ka კარდაკარ (going from house to house) · cs podomní prodej (going from house to house) · fi ovelta ovelle (going from house to house) · ru сквозно́й (sent or delivered directly to a house) · el πόρτα-πόρτα (going from house to house) · el από πόρτα σε πόρτα (going from house to house)