street door

noun

the door of a house that opens onto the street

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You may have read the word "simmer" in a recipe or two, but what does it really mean?

To cook in water that begins cold and then reaches a boil.

To stew in a sauce for a long time.

To cook in water, just below boiling temperature.

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Words nearby street door

street Christian, street cleaner, street cred, street credibility, street cry, street door, street fighter, street food, street furniture, street hockey, street justice

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Example sentences from the Web for street door

I shall appear to go out; leave the street-door ajar, that I may slip in again unobserved.
What Will He Do With It, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton
She overtook him at the street-door opening from the court before mentioned, and laid her hand on his arm.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 70, No. 434, December, 1851|Various
He opened the door for them, and they flew down-stairs and began to scratch more violently still at the street-door.
The Book of Cats|Charles H. Ross
Cold as was the season, and peculiarly susceptible as our family has ever been to cold, the street-door positively stood ajar!
Charles Auchester, Volume 2 (of 2)|Elizabeth Sheppard

Seizing the lamp from the hearth, she hastened to the window that overlooked the street-door.
The Wives of The Dead|Nathaniel Hawthorne

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