English Explanatory Dictionary

house door

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A door to a house; a house's door.

Word forms

house door house doors housedoor house-door

Etymology

From Middle English hous-dore, equivalent to house + door. Cognate Saterland Frisian Huusdoore (“housedoor”), West Frisian hûsdoar (“housedoor”), Dutch huisdeur (“housedoor”), German Low German Huusdöör (“housedoor”), German Haustür (“housedoor”), Swedish husdörr (“housedoor”), Icelandic húsdyr (“housedoor”). Compare also German Haustor (“house gate, house door”).

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