swinging door
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3.1
- noun
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puerta batiente
- He led Gerald through a set of swinging doors into a cavernous chamber lined with pallets of supplies and soiled linen heaped in laundry baskets.
- a pair of swinging doors
- swinging doors in the back
Examples
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He walked confidently through the swinging doors of the hospital to visit his friend in recovery.
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She pointed through a pair of swinging doors that were propped open.
Fiction book (1991) -
Henry starts up a stained kitchen staircase through a pair of swinging doors, and suddenly Karen sees she is inside the main room.
Fiction book (1990) -
HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM - NIGHT A DOCTOR, comforting Molly, accompanies her from one of the emergency operating rooms and leads her through a pair of swinging doors into a separate waiting area.
Fiction book (1990) -
Spec pushes through the swinging doors like John Wayne, scans the kitchen, finds Elizabeth, and runs to her.
Fiction book (2000) -
The nurse rushes over to the gurney, and in an instant, Charlotte is gone—wheeled with a bang through swinging doors into the operating room corridor.
Fiction book (2000) -
Oddly, the soft seats face away from the reception cubicle, so in order to see the technicians who burst through swinging doors to call patients, Nola has to keep vigil over her shoulder.
Fiction book (1995) -
As I entered the restaurant, I pushed through the swinging doors and was greeted by the bustling atmosphere inside.
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The swinging doors of the old saloon creaked as they opened and closed, letting in the warm breeze.
Synonyms
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3.1
A door on hinges that opens in both directions
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9.9
A swinging half door at the entrance of a saloon
Antonyms
How Compact
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase combines the adjective 'swinging' (moving back and forth) with 'door' (an entry barrier), so the meaning 'a door that swings' is directly and transparently derivable from its parts. This adjective+noun composition follows regular English patterns and is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily understand it.
Etymology
Swinging door The noun swinging door comes from the way the door moves: a door that swings both ways on its hinges, moving with a push. That's why the name means 'a door that opens in both directions' and is easy to pass through when you are carrying things.