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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

There’s a soaking tub and a curbless, doorless shower that empties via a sloped floor and a drain running along the outside wall.

From Washington Post • May 19, 2022

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

Half an hour later, having tried many more variations of his request to see what Malfoy was up to, the wall was just as doorless as ever.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

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