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

Kolster stayed wedged between the front door and the stone wall in her seventh-storey apartment "for quite a while" before she heard neighbours calling for people to evacuate.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026

Upon entry to the main residence, which has a cheerful red front door, visitors will find a bright, airy living room, a small, yet well-equipped kitchen, and three comfortable bedrooms.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 23, 2026

In an emotional resignation speech, delivered at a lectern outside his Downing Street front door, he said his party had asked "whether I am best placed to lead us into the next general election".

From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026

The terrible news began with a knock on my front door: My neighbor, doing his best hat-in-hand routine while holding a driver’s side mirror, kept on apologizing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026

I hear him shout a frantic goodbye to Dad and then the front door slams.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller