car door
50
1.0
- noun
- /kɑr dɔr/
:
puerta del coche
- Louise yanks open her car door, gets in, slams the door, and fires up the engine.
- open the car door
But she's standing with the car door, so it's partially blocking it.
- But she's standing with the car door, so it's partially blocking it.
- Let me just slam my head in the car door of my Honda Civic.
- Now normally this is made for putting on your car doors to protect them from scrapes.
- Soon as we stop, car door opens.
- Meghan Markle breaks protocol by closing her own car door.
- Whereas if I'm on a date with a woman, I always open the car door.
- So you, the chauffeured passenger, don't have to expend your valuable energy closing a car door.
- And then he opens the car door for me and I was like, wow, chivalry is alive.
- He literally just opened the car door and sprinted out of the car, jumped out the car and ran.
- Like Andre Kapatha recently gave a talk at MIT about car doors.
- The, the, you know, the fine details of car doors, like what, what is even an open car door, man?
- Everything outside because Dad's ruined my car door.
- Today's theme is secrets, because I'm going to reveal the secret mechanism that your car door uses to shock the crap out of your finger.
- But no, man, I mean, if a car door slams or, OK, there's a loud, unexpected bang, I'm like, yeah, still on the roof, man.
Examples
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You left the car door open this morning, man.
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I jump every time the phone rings or a car door slams outside.
Fiction book (1990) -
He had to walk up to a car and all I had to do was open the car door and get in.
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His hand moves to the car door handle, but then hesitates to open it.
Fiction book (1990) -
Before opening the car door, Lucia took a deep breath of the Louisiana night air.
Fiction book (1990) -
Slowly, carefully, quietly, he opened the car door and got out, closing it softly.
Fiction book (1991) -
As I opened the car door, the snowball grazed the back of my head.
Fiction book (1991) -
A detective in a suit leans over the car door with his notepad.
Fiction book (1991) -
Everyone began to cheer when the car door opened and John and Marie Kenyon led Laurie out.
Fiction book (1992) -
He struggled to close the car door as the wind picked up.
Synonyms
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A thing in a wall, building or vehicle that opens so people can go in and out
How Common
50
1.0
5
2.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a door that is part of a car' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'car' (motorized vehicle) with 'door' (an entry covering). This type of noun–noun compound is a straightforward, compositional pattern found across languages and would be immediately clear to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
Car door is the door of a car, the hinged panel you open to 'get in' or 'get out'. So, it means the actual door on a car.