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front door en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:literal) The door at the main entrance to a building or house, normally fronts onto a street.
    • 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. 1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC:
    • You'll find a light switch inside the front door on the left.
  2. (broadly) The entire main entrance to a building or house.
  3. The habitual or designated main entrance to a room that has more than one door.
    • Entry is through the toilet's front door.
  4. The normal portal page to a website.
  5. The path of a pitch which starts inside and then slides over the plate.
    • His front door slider is hard to handle.
  6. (slang) vagina or penis, as a means of sexual intercourse, contrasted with the anus or "back door"

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Relateds

back door

Translations (35)

gd doras a-muigh (main entrance) · nog кируьв эсиги (main entrance) · cmn 首頁 /首页 (normal portal page to a website) · el κύρια είσοδος (main entrance) · cmn 前門 /前门 (main entrance) · tr ön kapı (main entrance) · pl front door (normal portal page to a website) · fi pääovi (main entrance) · fi etusivu (normal portal page to a website) · pl drzwi frontowe (main entrance) · gd doras mòr (main entrance) · sv ytterdörr (main entrance) · fr porte d'entrée (main entrance) · ca porta d'entrada (main entrance) · ca portal (main entrance) · fi etuovi (main entrance) · ja 表門 (main entrance) · it entrata principale (main entrance) · ru пара́дный вход (main entrance) · it portale (normal portal page to a website) · ja 表戸 (main entrance) · de Haustür (main entrance) · ko 앞문 (main entrance) · pl drzwi wejściowe (main entrance) · ru пара́дная дверь (main entrance) · nl voordeur f/m (main entrance) · de Vordertür (main entrance) · el εξώπορτα (main entrance) · ru пере́дняя дверь (main entrance) · ja 表口 (main entrance) · cmn 主頁 /主页 (normal portal page to a website) · cmn 正門 /正门 (main entrance) · lb Hausdier (main entrance) · one ohʌtú yonhoká꞉luteʼ (main entrance) · ko 전문 (main entrance)