front door

American  

noun

front doors plural

1. the main entrance to a house or other building, usually facing a street.

2. Informal. anything offering the best, most direct, or most straightforward approach to a place, situation, objective, etc.

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front door British  

noun

1. the main entrance to a house

2. an open legitimate means of obtaining a job, position, etc

   to get in by the front door

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• front doors
  plural

Etymology

Origin of front door

First recorded in 1740–50

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

front door

As we dug through the shelves, one of the building’s residents emerged from the front door with the stride of a woman on a mission.

From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026

When I asked if they wanted to visit Delilah at her store, Cosmo would thunder down the hallway toward our front door, while Hook rumbled behind.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo has described the agreement as removing "the physical barriers of a bygone era of friction" while keeping "the keys to our own front door".

From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026

"It's not a straight line from a nuclear blast to the front door, like this one."

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

We were saying our goodbyes when the front door opened, and Hans came in.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo