Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. The main entrance to a building or house, normally fronts onto a street
- n. computing The normal portal page to a website.
- n. baseball The path of a pitch which starts inside and then slides over the plate.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. the door in the front wall of a building, usually the principal entrance.
WordNet 3.0
- n. exterior door (at the entrance) at the front of a building
Examples
“We make it to the front door in time to see Patagonians coming up the walk, terrible in their attire and silent demeanor, carrying machetes, one in a full wedding dress including even the veil and two others wearing dress shirts and sports coats but no pants so you can see their half-tumescent dicks.”
“There was a handwritten sign, “Diphtheria,” posted on their front door so that no one, not even a telegram delivery woman, would think of ringing their bell and having that door opened.”
“Ivan Sergeevich, looking uneasy, aims a little smile toward my mother, who unbolts the front door with aggressive efficiency.”
“The five-second walk between the car and the massive front door takes approximately twelve forevers.”
“Mother stopped at the front door of the Zamora Temple and checked our clothes, straightened Willie's collar, licked her fingers and rubbed a spot of dirt from John's cheek.”
“I shrugged the remains of the chair from my arm and reached the hallway just in time to see the front door slam open and Pudd's long brown frame disappear to the right.”
“Dad kicked the front door open, knocking the nail that held the wooden lock out of the doorframe and rattling the thread-spool doorknob.”
“Lonnie walked us to the front door where a super-stretch limo was idling.”
“Then I headed for the front door and I noticed two things—the window behind the futon-couch was wide-open with no screen and it led to a fire escape, which would make the place pretty vulnerable to a break-in, though the unlocked door made things even easier, and I also saw that there was a cell phone on the coffee table.”
“There was a bell on the door frame to the right, in case anyone somehow managed to sneak in the front door without Ms. Torrance turning on them like a hungry rottweiler.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘front door’.
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Door Jam
door, adore, The Doors, The Commodores, dormouse, doorway, doorbell, doorknob, doorstop, doorjamb, Hello, this is Ca..., doorbuster sale and 34 more...
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Tunie: Belong
by Great Big Sea.
Jenny said goodbye this afternoon
As far as I can tell
She can't bear the goodbye evenings
Or the morning-afters of farewell
She says "Here yo...care, last flower in th..., whispered, fear, won't be back, front door, path, beat, cousins, close, foreign coast, tide and 33 more...
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California Words
right on, inside baseball, ping, dope, front door, totally, rad, hella, glame
Tweets
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reesetee Drat. You coulda been a contender. Nov 8, 2007
uselessness Alas, the film crew was quite proficient at shooing me out of the way. :-P Nov 8, 2007
reesetee Impressive. Think we'll see a little piece of uselessness in one of the frames? Say, an elbow? Nov 8, 2007
uselessness Haha, yes, that's like a D-list celebrity... no wait, probably more like Y or Z. Actually, I don't think there are enough letters in the alphabet to identify the list I'm on. ;-)
And yes, a large portion of the movie Sushine Cleaning is filmed on the block I live on, and they shot the final scene of the movie in my front door yesterday. So if you see the film, try not to get all stalkerish when you've identified the famed home of uselessness. Nov 8, 2007
sionnach I, however, have yet to be discovered.
But, U, you're a celebrity on Wordie*! What more could anybody want?
*: suggested coinage - a bywordie Nov 8, 2007
reesetee Really? They're filming at your place? Nov 8, 2007
uselessness Yesterday Alan Arkin and Amy Adams walked through mine. It's famous now. I, however, have yet to be discovered. Nov 8, 2007
seanahan I'm not sure what you are referring to. Nov 8, 2007
mager I thought it was called home page Nov 8, 2007