fire door
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- noun
- /ˈfaɪər dɔr/
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- Up one flight of stairs, through the steel fire door, and straight ahead was the newsroom.
- open fire door
- shut the fire door
- steel fire door
Examples
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John emerges through a fire door into a long corridor that connects to the parking garage.
Fiction book (1991) -
The fire door was left open.
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The fire doors are down.
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"Then you can close the fire door and call the fire department."
Fiction book (2000) -
At the end of that corridor, they came to another fire door.
Fiction book (1991) -
As the fire door closed behind him, he heard Barry's voice call out.
Fiction book (2000) -
Taking a deep breath, I pushed open the fire door and stepped back out into the lobby.
Fiction book (1995) -
We can't lift the fire door until we get the computer restarted.
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The fire door here was heavier and slid closed with a satisfactory thud.
Fiction book (1993) -
In order to comply with safety regulations, the fire door must remain closed at all times.
How Fire-Resistant
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is compositionally built from 'fire' (burning) + 'door' (a barrier): a door associated with fire protection, i.e. one designed to resist or contain fire. This noun–noun modifier pattern is regular and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the intended function.
Etymology
Fire door is very literal: it is a door made to hold back fire and smoke from moving from one room to another. That's why a fire door today means a special door that 'prevents the spread of fire' and helps keep people safe.