double door
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1.5
- noun
- /ˈdʌbəl dɔr/
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puerta doble
- The jurors padded past us and went through the double doors, escorted by two bailiffs.
- double doors open
- double doors swung
- double door entrance
Let's go through these double doors and show you my art studio.
- Let's go through these double doors and show you my art studio.
- And then so you know how hotels they have when they're joined rooms, it's double doors.
- These double doors open and I see him in person in the flesh for the first time.
- And we kept the same kind of door idea, the sliding double door.
- So we went for these double doors and there's all the fucking blokes that died in Afghan and the Taliban fighters sitting on the right hand side.
Examples
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Around the corner and down the hall were the double doors that opened into Nick Fargus's suite.
Fiction book (1993) -
The double doors to his office are on the left.
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Through these double doors is the common room.
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Right this way through the double doors, please.
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Just go down the hall, turn right, then through the double doors on your left.
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Parents were beginning to push through the double doors and head for their cars.
Fiction book (1995) -
Let's go through these double doors and show you my art studio.
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Reed leads Dave to the large double doors that open onto the balcony itself.
Fiction book (1993) -
At the other end of the hall, the double doors swung open into the courtroom.
Fiction book (1992) -
As they approached the entrance, the guests admired the ornate double doors leading into the grand hall.
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Morphology
The noun phrase is directly compositional: 'double' means twofold and modifies 'door', so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it refers to a pair of doors forming a wider entrance. This adjective + noun pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows straightforward English modification rules, making the meaning immediately predictable.
Etymology
Double door gives a clear picture: two doors placed side by side that meet in the middle to make a wider entrance. That's why it means 'a pair of doors that open together'.