door flap

Hinged pet entrance

A door flap is a hinged covering over an opening, typically a small swinging panel set into a door that allows pets to pass through freely: The cat came in through the door flap.

The term also applies to the fabric or hide covering a tent entrance.

Unlike a full door, a flap hangs loosely and swings both ways.

Related

swinging · curtain · threshold · vinyl · plastic · magnetic · strip · awning · caravan · yurt · tepee · camping gear · mosquito net · fly screen · screen · breeze · slapping · zipper

Opposites
entrance formality and permanence

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Reinforced entrance for protection

vault door · steel door · reinforced door · bank vault · wooden door

barrier rigidity

door flapbrick wall

Stacked masonry partition

concrete barrier · steel plate · wooden door · blast door

completeness of enclosure

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Principal point of entry

grand entrance · front door · portal · gateway · entryway

Family

door, flap, doors, doored, doorway, doorways, flaps, flapped, flapping

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G