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Screen door   /skrin dɔr/   Listen
Screen door

noun
1.
A door that consists of a frame holding metallic or plastic netting; used to allow ventilation and to keep insects from entering a building through the open door.  Synonym: screen.






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"Screen door" Quotes from Famous Books



... their several ways, and the quiet of the dining-room was oppressive by contrast with its late boisterousness. Mrs. Clark, her hands imprisoned in bread-dough, begged Mary to look over the screen door and see if anything was happening. "I'm always suspicious when it's quiet. I know they're in ...
— Judith Of The Plains • Marie Manning

... The screen door slammed again, and the porch light went out. Hogey stood there staring, unable to think. Somewhere beyond the window lights ...
— The Hoofer • Walter M. Miller

... first week of September Mrs. Wheeler was in the kitchen making cucumber pickles, when she heard Claude's car coming back from Frankfort. In a moment he entered, letting the screen door slam behind him, and threw a bundle ...
— One of Ours • Willa Cather

... imposing entrance, but the porte cochere was at the side where the wide screen door showed a sort of reception hall, furnished with willow and splint belongings, a table with magazines and papers and two great ...
— The Girls at Mount Morris • Amanda Minnie Douglas

... through the screen door and spent a minute looking for Narayan Singh. I'm an old hunter, but it wasn't until Narayan Singh deliberately moved a hand to call attention to himself that I discovered him within ten ...
— Affair in Araby • Talbot Mundy



Words linked to "Screen door" :   door



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