rear door

collocation in English

meaningsofrearanddoor

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rear
adjective[before noun]
uk
/rɪər/us
/rɪr/
at the back ...
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door
noun[C]
uk
/dɔːr/us
/dɔːr/
a flat object that is used to close the entrance of something such as a room or building, or the ...
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(Definition ofrearanddoorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A minor accident involving a cabin door occurred in 1971 when, on take-off, thereardooropened into the air flow.
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In all, the aircraft has had no fewer than 37 incidents involving thereardoor.
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Whilst adjusting trim after diving, thereardoorof one of these tubes became open, or was opened, for reasons which cannot yet be fully explained.
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The flight attendant in the rear who attempted to reseal thereardoorwas unable to do so.
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The evacuation from thereardoorhad been fast and smooth thanks to the instructions from the flight attendants at the rear of the aircraft.
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To attract wagon buyers, thereardoorwas a tailgate with a retracting rear window.
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The tent also has areardoorthat can be zipped closed at such times.
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These buses also have a widerreardoorfor faster boarding/exiting.
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A restyled rear quarter window was designed to match and blend evenly with the completely restyledreardoortrim.
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A stainless steel sprung hinged device on the inside of the bodyreardoormakes film loading easier than was normal at the time.
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The singlereardoorhinged at the top, rather than the more-usual side-opening.
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Phantoms could be ordered with the wheelchair lift in either the front door orreardoor.
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The front door is asymmetrically located and thereardooris near a corner.
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Either side of thereardoorhas a firing port with a vision block above.
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Itsreardoorenables the evacuation of critically wounded soldiers.
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Largereardooropenings open to almost 90 degrees for easy access to the third row.
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Thereardooris not left permanently open at quieter times.
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This design meant that thereardoorback glass had to be divided into three sections, two outer curved portions and a center piece.
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The original colouring was designed to echo the upward kick in the window line behind thereardoor.
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Mynarski crawled back through the hydraulic fire, returned to thereardoorwhere he paused and saluted.
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