front door
Home's primary entrance
A front door is the main entrance to a building, typically facing the street.
It's distinguished from back doors, side doors, and service entrances.
Figuratively, the front door represents the direct or official route: He got the job through the front door, not through connections.
To darken someone's door is to visit them, usually unwelcome.
Point of beginning
- knockerDoor-mounted striking device
- keyholeOpening for a lock
- handlePart for gripping
- hingesSwinging joint hardware
lock · latch · peephole · mat · mailbox · house number · awning · step
Expression of welcome
- matFlat floor covering
- knockerDoor-mounted striking device
- visitorShort-term guest
- guestWelcomed visitor
host · hospitality · warmth · housewarming · reception · threshold · embrace · arrival
Mechanism requiring a key
- deadboltKey-operated door lock
- boltThreaded rod for nuts
- chainLinked segments forming length
- peepholeDoor-mounted viewing lens
alarm · reinforced · keypad · smart lock · security system · latch · padlock · safeguard
threshold
Point of beginning
hinges · lock · latch · peephole · mat · mailbox · house number · awning · step · stoop
greeting
Expression of welcome
guest · host · hospitality · warmth · housewarming · reception · threshold · embrace · arrival · handshake
lock
Mechanism requiring a key
peephole · alarm · reinforced · keypad · smart lock · security system · latch · padlock · safeguard · sturdy
porch
Covered entryway structure
fence · house · street · address · curb appeal · facade · suburb · cul-de-sac · residence · neighbors
arrival
Act of reaching destination
embrace · nostalgia · memories · hearth · home · roots · ancestral · birthplace · homestead · heritage
- housekitchen, bathroom, bedroom, living room, dining room
- doorsFrench doors, sliding doors, glass doors, double doors, interior doors
- British homesback garden, hallway, attic, loft, cellar
- delivery spotsporch, mailbox, reception desk, lobby, loading dock
- front porchporch swing, rocking chair, porch light, welcome mat, railing
- front/back pairshead, tail, fore, aft, anterior
front doorback door
Secondary building entrance
back entrance · side door · side entrance · cellar door · garage door
front doorback door
Secondary building entrance
service entrance · side entrance · back gate · fire escape · loading dock
front doorback door
Secondary building entrance
back channel · side door · loophole · workaround · back stairs
front, door, doorway, doormat, doorstep, doorbell, doorknob, affront, fronts