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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

The video was seemingly everywhere on the Chinese internet: A middle-aged woman standing in a doorless brick shack, a dazed expression on her face, wearing no coat though it was the middle of winter.

From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2022

“Depending on the style of the space, you can use fabric, crochet or wooden beads to block off a doorless frame without actually having to install a door,” House Beautiful says.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 1, 2021

Perhaps one day, our Sims will band together to dismantle our doorless boxes and our ladderless pools, and they will walk together into the techno-ether, bidding us one final sul-sul.

From The Verge ● Feb. 7, 2020

Then I came around back and saw my opportunity: a doorless doorway, bearded with vines, gaping and black; an open mouth just waiting to swallow me.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs

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