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side door

side door noun: a door that is not primarily used as an entrance or exit.

Noun

side door (plural side doors)

  1. A door that is not primarily used as an entrance or exit.
    • He sneaked into the house quietly by a small side door. From there he slipped neatly into his sanctum. He flattered himself that his entrance had not been observed, but there he was mistaken. The watchful Tredwell let nothing escape him. He presented himself at the door.1925, Agatha Christie, The Secret of Chimneys
    • "If she makes as much work after she comes as she has before, we might as well give up hope of ever gettin' any rest," sighed Miranda as she hung the dish towels on the barberry bushes at the side door.1903, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
  2. (figuratively) A method that bypasses the primary process.
    • The USA won the home-and-home series with the Italians, entering the World Cup through a side door2012 January 17, Vicki Michaels, “After 'humbling' loss, U.S. women's soccer team is cautious”, in USA Today

side door meaning in Tamil, Telugu and Sanskrit

side door in Tamil

பக்கக் கதவு

side door in Telugu

a side door
పక్షద్వారము pakṣadvāramu

side door in Sanskrit

a side door
खटक्किका khaṭakkikā

Examples of side door in a sentence

  • Well, I generally come in at least fifteen minutes late, ah, I use the side door - that way Lumbergh can't see me, heh heh - and, uh, after that I just sorta space out for about an hour.1999, Mike Judge, Office Space (motion picture), spoken by Peter Gibbons (Ron Livingston):
  • Entering by a side door, one young woman patently ignorant of the place’s tainted past, glanced around bewilderedly.2010 May 19, Ruth La Ferla, “Where God and the Devil Once Lived”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Jan 2021...

Forms of side door

pluralside doors

Questions about side door

What does side door mean?
Side door means a door that is not primarily used as an entrance or exit.
What is side door in Tamil?
Side door in Tamil is பக்கக் கதவு. See Side door meaning in Tamil.
How do you use side door in a sentence?
Well, I generally come in at least fifteen minutes late, ah, I use the side door - that way Lumbergh can't see me, heh heh - and, uh, after that I just sorta space out for about an hour.
What part of speech is side door?
Side door is a noun.
What is the plural of side door?
The plural of side door is side doors.

Words near side door in the dictionary

  1. side chests
  2. side chick
  3. side chicks
  4. side dish
  5. side dishes
  6. side door
  7. side doors
  8. side drum
  9. side drums
  10. side effect
  11. side effects

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: side door (page history and authors); side door (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); పక్షద్వారము (Telugu) (page history and authors); खटक्किका (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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