storm door


noun
  1. a supplementary outside door, usually glazed, for protecting the entrance door against drafts, driving rain, etc.

Origin of storm door

1
An Americanism dating back to 1875–80

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How to use storm door in a sentence

  • So we steered him down to the gymnasium and made him rap on the storm door outside, and I said ‘who comes there?’

    Peck's Compendium of Fun | George W. Peck
  • There was a broad "stoop" there, quite a wide veranda in fact, since the unsightly wooden storm-door had been removed.

    'Laramie;' | Charles King
  • Front windows should be shut, blinds and shades pulled down, and the outer or storm door of the house closed.

    The Complete Bachelor | Walter Germain

British Dictionary definitions for storm door

storm door

noun
  1. an extra outer door for protection in bad weather

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