screen door
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- noun
- /skriːn dɔːr/
- US
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puerta mosquitera
- I opened the screen door to let in some fresh air while keeping the bugs out.
It's that screen door on that front porch.
- It's that screen door on that front porch.
- I know you've walked into a screen door, one of those sliding screen doors.
- It was right there, kicked in the screen door.
- A stormy evening, the darkness intensified by winds that made our metal screen door buzz like a warped harmonica.
- And so I had left the the screen door open to the balcony going like, OK, she kind of knew.
- She opens the screen door and crab apples and rocks come down and smash the ice teas and and the milk shattered the bottles.
Examples
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Finally, she put one facedown and stared out the screen door to the backyard.
Fiction book (1990) -
"Good idea," Mother said, but I was already unlocking the screen door and motioning him inside.
Fiction book (1990) -
Oh, your dad finally fixed the screen door.
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I taught him how to open the screen door.
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It's that screen door on that front porch.
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Then I heard the screen door slam.
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Susanna, close the screen door!
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You can feel the push like something leaning on the screen door trying to get in.
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Doug opened the screen door and stepped out, closing it behind him.
Fiction book (1991) -
Babe Brother is sitting with Sunny by the screen door blowing giant bubbles.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
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A thing in a wall, building or vehicle that opens so people can go in and out
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Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'screen' (a protective/covering mesh) combined with 'door' yields a door made with a screen to allow airflow while excluding insects. This follows ordinary English compounding patterns and similar constructions in many languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The noun screen door is a door with a thin screen or net that lets air pass but keeps 'bugs' out. That's why it means 'a door that lets fresh air in while keeping insects out'.