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automatic door

British  

noun

  1. a self-opening door

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The traps were cages with an automatic door that cause no harm to the animal, the zoo said.

From BBC • Sep. 18, 2024

In the Seville, car buyers got a powerful, fuel-injected V8 engine, a pillowy interior, power seats and automatic door locks and windows.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 23, 2023

As soon as he opened the automatic door, Ortega’s passenger ran into the arms of her sobbing mother.

From Washington Post • Nov. 8, 2021

As if on cue, Keenum triggered an automatic door leading from the facility to the parking lot that separates the weight room from the rest of the team’s headquarters.

From Washington Times • Nov. 14, 2018

He tries another hall, another, another, thinks he recognizes a certain sink; he triggers an automatic door; ends up among linens.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

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