outer door

collocation in English

meaningsofouteranddoor

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outer
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈaʊ.tər/us
/ˈaʊ.t̬ɚ/
at a greater distance from ...
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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 ofouteranddoorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The living area consisted of an entrance hall with anouterdoor, a larger room in which to live and sleep, and a small larder.
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Yet no one thought of locking theouterdoorof his bungalow at night.
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They have anouterdoor, which forms part of the hull, and an inner door.
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The ferry is quite capable of being operated safely without theouterdoor.
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Eirich was then made to lock the inner door before unlocking theouterdoor.
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The inner door in the lower courtyard carries the faded inscription 1407 (or 1423); theouterdoor1429 (or 1428).
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Theouterdooris held in place by large strap hinges that are obviously hand made.
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Debris from the planet causes a hull breach, damaging theouterdoorcontrol for engineering.
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The inner door was then shut and theouterdooropened by a remote mechanism.
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Older bakeries in small towns may have ovens large enough to walk into with the wood added from anouterdoor.
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Commonly, the yett would be placed behind a wooden door, providing additional security should theouterdoorbe burned.
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To reload, theouterdoorwas again shut and the water in the tube was blown into the surrounding ballast tank by more compressed air.
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Capa breaches the airlock'souterdoor, thereby opening the inner door by decompressing the ship.
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The south porch andouterdoorare original of the13th century, but with a 15th-century roof and 15th-century windows in the side walls.
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The building has an inner andouterdoor.
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Theouterdooris a bronze gate decorated with metal rope and anchors.
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Electric lighting was installed in 1938 and anouterdoorfor the north porch added in 1962.
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The south-east octagonal stair turret leads to anouterdoor.
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In addition to employing platedouterdoorhandles tailgate larger part in the grade.
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Theouterdoorto the north has a pointed horseshoe arch while the inner door to the east leads into the ground floor which was once converted into a chapel.
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