front door

noun

the main entrance to a house or other building, usually facing a street.

Informal. anything offering the best, most direct, or most straightforward approach to a place, situation, objective, etc.

Origin of front door

First recorded in 1740–50

Words nearby front door

front burner, on a, front channel, front court, front desk, front dive, front door, front-drive, Frontenac, Frontenac et Palluau, front-end, front-end load

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Example sentences from the Web for front door

Smiling, but somehow disillusioned, she jumped out, and her impetus carried her to the front-door.
Howards End|E. M. Forster
A distant rumbling was heard of the carriage driving under the stable archway on its way to the front-door.
Red Pottage|Mary Cholmondeley
They went in to dinner, Edward feeling very uncomfortable, and keeping his ear alert for the front-door bell.
Mrs. Craddock|W. Somerset Maugham
I would not segregate them, because I respect a man's free-will and his front-door and his right to be tried by his peers.
Eugenics and Other Evils|G. K. Chesterton

Sleds and ploughs rust together beside the house, and chickens scratch up the front-door yard.
Little Rivers|Henry van Dyke

British Dictionary definitions for front door

front door

noun

the main entrance to a house

an open legitimate means of obtaining a job, position, etcto get in by the front door

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单词	front door
释义	front door noun the main entrance to a house or other building, usually facing a street. Informal. anything offering the best, most direct, or most straightforward approach to a place, situation, objective, etc. Origin of front door First recorded in 1740–50 Words nearby front door front burner, on a, front channel, front court, front desk, front dive, front door, front-drive, Frontenac, Frontenac et Palluau, front-end, front-end load Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for front door Smiling, but somehow disillusioned, she jumped out, and her impetus carried her to the front-door. Howards End\|E. M. Forster A distant rumbling was heard of the carriage driving under the stable archway on its way to the front-door. Red Pottage\|Mary Cholmondeley They went in to dinner, Edward feeling very uncomfortable, and keeping his ear alert for the front-door bell. Mrs. Craddock\|W. Somerset Maugham I would not segregate them, because I respect a man's free-will and his front-door and his right to be tried by his peers. Eugenics and Other Evils\|G. K. Chesterton Sleds and ploughs rust together beside the house, and chickens scratch up the front-door yard. Little Rivers\|Henry van Dyke British Dictionary definitions for front door front door noun the main entrance to a house an open legitimate means of obtaining a job, position, etcto get in by the front door Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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