front door

Noun

front door (plural front doors)

1. (literal) The door at the main entrance to a building or house, normally fronts onto a street.
   • You'll find a light switch inside the front door on the left.
   • Calpurnia appeared in the front door and yelled, “Lemonade time! You all get in outa that hot sun ‘fore you fry alive!” Lemonade in the middle of the morning was a summertime ritual. Calpurnia set a pitcher and three glasses on the porch, then went about her business. Being out of Jem’s good graces...1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC
2. (broadly) The entire main entrance to a building or house.
3. The habitual or designated main entrance to a room that has more than one door.
   • Entry is through the toilet's front door.
4. The normal portal page to a website.
5. The path of a pitch which starts inside and then slides over the plate.
   • His front door slider is hard to handle.
6. (slang) vagina or penis, as a means of sexual intercourse, contrasted with the anus or "back door"