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sliding door

sliding door noun: a door that opens and closes by sliding to the side; sometimes one of a pair.

sliding door: a door that opens and closes by sliding to the side; sometimes one of a pair
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Noun

sliding door (plural sliding doors)

  1. A door that opens and closes by sliding to the side; sometimes one of a pair.
    • Constructional features of the railbus include the use of rubber suspension for axlebox/underframe and underframe/body mountings, the use of B.U.T. power transmission equipment, many components of which are interchangeable with those on British Railways standard railcars, power-operated sliding...1958 April, “Diesel Railbus for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 275
    • However, before Zoe could open the first cage, Burt’s van, looking decidedly the worse for wear, came thundering into the warehouse, smashing the huge metal sliding door into the air as it did so2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN
  2. (attributive, figuratively) Denotes a crucial decision point at which outcomes diverge depending on which of two courses is followed.
    • sliding door(s) moment
    • sliding door(s) decision

sliding door meaning in Tamil, Malay and Indonesian

sliding door in Tamil

பக்க நழுவு கதவு, உராய்வசைகதவு, வழுக்குகதவு, நழுவுக் கதவுகள், நழவும் கதவு

sliding door in Malay

door
pintu gelangsar, pintu gelongsor, pintu sorong

sliding door in Indonesian

door
pintu geser

Examples of sliding door in a sentence

  • Thus, the ScotRail plan was to totally refurbish the trailer vehicles, with new sliding doors and a host of other improvements.2019 October 23, Pip Dunn, “The next king of Scotland”, in Rail, page 50:
  • The Wachowskis’ animé-inspired action epic is a notorious box office flop, but represents a sliding doors moment in cinematic history.2023 May 10, B.C. Wallin, “Speed Racer and the blockbuster sea change”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):

Forms of sliding door

pluralsliding doors

Origin of sliding door

(crucial decision point): From the plot of the film Sliding Doors.

Questions about sliding door

What does sliding door mean?
Sliding door means a door that opens and closes by sliding to the side; sometimes one of a pair.
What is sliding door in Tamil?
Sliding door in Tamil is பக்க நழுவு கதவு, உராய்வசைகதவு, வழுக்குகதவு. See Sliding door meaning in Tamil.
How do you use sliding door in a sentence?
Thus, the ScotRail plan was to totally refurbish the trailer vehicles, with new sliding doors and a host of other improvements.
What part of speech is sliding door?
Sliding door is a noun.
What is the plural of sliding door?
The plural of sliding door is sliding doors.

Words near sliding door in the dictionary

  1. slidiest
  2. slidin'
  3. sliding
  4. sliding clamp
  5. sliding clamps
  6. sliding door
  7. sliding doors
  8. sliding filament model
  9. sliding filament models
  10. sliding into someone's DMs
  11. sliding into the DMs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sliding door (page history and authors); sliding door (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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