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door-to-door

/ˌdɔː(ɹ)təˈdɔː(ɹ)/

door-to-door adjective: going from house to house, when selling, delivering, or asking for something.

Adjective

door-to-door (not comparable)

  1. Going from house to house, when selling, delivering, or asking for something.
  2. Sent or delivered from a store or factory directly to a house.
    • They must secure a higher share of the consumer goods which require transport not from siding-to-siding, but door-to-door.1959 November, “The British Association looks at British Railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 545

Forms of door-to-door

alternative formdoor to door
alternative abbreviationD2D

Questions about door-to-door

What does door-to-door mean?
Door-to-door means going from house to house, when selling, delivering, or asking for something.
What part of speech is door-to-door?
Door-to-door is an adjective.
How do you pronounce door-to-door?
Door-to-door is pronounced /ˌdɔː(ɹ)təˈdɔː(ɹ)/.

Words near door-to-door in the dictionary

  1. door-nails
  2. door-post
  3. door-posts
  4. door-prize
  5. door-prizes
  6. door-to-door
  7. Dooralong
  8. doorbell
  9. doorbell key
  10. doorbelled
  11. doorbelling

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