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

Shortly after, the developer bulldozed the entire place, ripped out trees and erected a 4,700-square-foot box house complete with an eight-foot-tall tiger painted by the front door.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

She says having a Play Street right outside her front door is "brilliant" and has led to making new connections with her neighbours.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

The front door is a good place to start, Perry added.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026

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

Ignoring the aching feeling that I’m losing my best friends, I leave Lily with Camille and stride confidently out the front door.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller