Door

Door

A door is a movable structure used to open and close an entrance, typically consisting of a panel that swings on hinges or that slides or spins inside a space.

Read more about Door.

Famous quotes containing the word door:

    “They made a paction tween them twa,
    They made it firm and sure,
    That the first word whaeer shoud speak,
    Shoud rise and bar the door.”
    —Unknown. Get Up and Bar the Door (l. 13–16)

    “Wistfully watching, with wonderful liquid eyes.
    And all her weight, all her blood, dripping sack-wise down towards
    the earth’s center,
    And the live little-one taking in its paw at the door of her belly.”
    —D.H. (David Herbert)

    “To set up as a standard of public morality a notion which can neither be defined nor conceived is to open the door to every kind of tyranny.”
    —Simone Weil (1909–1943)