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

They rest on small folding tables, they’re affixed to the columns and palm trees that flank her front door.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

On a recent day, a $400,000 yellow and black Ferrari Purosangue with Qatari plates was parked in a no-parking zone outside Harrods’ front door, a fresh citation wedged under the wiper blade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

“We’re not even asking for anything crazy,” Avery said at the front door of the house.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

He was at his grandmother's home in Hither Green in March last year when the vehicle burst into flames by the front door.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

Papa ran to the front door and flung it open before the policemen could ring the bell.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler