swing door
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3.1
- noun
- /swɪŋ dɔr/
:
puerta oscilante
- "Rose got up and peered through the swinging door to see if everyone was about finished eating."
- kitchen swing door
- open swinging doors
- push the swinging door
Ramon Pontiu, it had western swinging doors.
- Ramon Pontiu, it had western swinging doors.
Examples
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When they hear you coming, twenty or so shoot out of the kennel's swinging doors.
Fiction book (2000) -
Gina stuck her head through the swinging door to the kitchen.
Fiction book (2000) -
I followed and was hit in the face with the swinging door.
Fiction book (1999) -
"There are customers out there!" She pointed back at the still swinging doors.
Fiction book (2000) -
Chris pushed the swinging door open for a look before coming all the way in.
Fiction book (1990) -
And they went through the swing doors, down the passage, to the supper room.
Fiction book (2001) -
Down the corridor, past the swinging door, and out the exit of the hospital.
Fiction book (1990) -
Patrick pushed through the swinging doors into the waiting room another time and went to the ticket counter.
Fiction book (1997) -
The maid who didn't speak English burst through the swinging door with a pitcher of water.
Fiction book (2001) -
As John stepped through the swing door, he glanced quickly around the saloon.
Synonyms
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1.0
A way or chance to get something better, for example a job
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3.1
A door on hinges that swings open both ways
How Compact
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a door that swings or moves back and forth' is directly and compositionally derived from combining 'swing' (a back-and-forth movement) with 'door' (an entry covering). This noun–noun compound follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern (a door characterized by swinging), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the intended meaning.
Etymology
Swing door comes from the simple movement of the door: the swing lets it move both into and out of a room. Think of café or kitchen doors you can push either way, and that's why the name is used for doors that 'open in either direction'.