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dead door

Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • adj. a storm shutter fitted to the outside of the quarter-gallery door.

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synonyms (16)

Words with the same meaning

  1. cheerless
  2. complete
  3. deadly
  4. deathlike
  5. dull
  6. fixed
  7. flat
  8. inactive
  9. inanimate
  10. lusterless
  11. motionless
  12. soundless
  13. unerring
  14. unproductive
  15. unprofitable
  16. useless

equivalents (1)

Other words for 'dead%20door'

  1. dead point

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  • chained_bear commented on the word dead door

    "Dead doors, in shipbuilding, are those fitted to the outside of the quarter-gallery-doors, in case the quarter-gallery should be carried away."

    —Falconer's New Universal Dictionary of the Marine (1816), 117

    October 14, 2008