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doorless

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[dawr-lis] / ˈdɔr lɪs /

adjective

  1. (of a room, vehicle, shower, etc.) without a door to close the opening or openings intended for entry and exit.

  2. having no door or means of entry and exit; entirely walled in.


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The model, which aimed to simulate the brute force of a dinosaur bite, sits just outside of Blackley’s doorless personal office.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 21, 2025

In the footage, a middle-aged woman stands in a doorless brick shack, looking dazed, and wearing no coat despite the season.

From New York Times Apr. 7, 2023

And another shows two women walking down the hallway of the school, the brightly colored plastic rings of a child’s stacking toy visible in a now doorless room littered with pieces of fallen walls.

From Seattle Times Mar. 18, 2022

A compact but luxe full bath was also added with a doorless, wet room-style shower also sporting gray porcelain tile.

From Washington Post Nov. 17, 2021

A row of lidless, doorless toilets stretched along one wall in the pool of their overflow.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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