front doors
Primary building entrances
Front doors are the main entrances to buildings, typically facing the street or primary approach.
The front door carries symbolic weight as the formal point of entry—visitors knock there, not at the back.
They painted the front door red.
Figuratively, a front door approach is direct and official, contrasted with back-door methods that circumvent normal channels.
- entrywayPassage serving as entrance
- grand entranceOstentatious way to appear
- handlePart for gripping
- hingesSwinging joint hardware
- entrancePoint of access
knob · threshold · curb appeal · first impressions · lockset · sidelights · vestibule · knocker · mail slot · peephole · portico · opening · weatherstripping · deadbolt · keyhole · hospitality · house number · stained glass
- doorstrapdoor, solid core, hollow core, shoji screen, doorway
- theater entranceslobby, foyer, main entrance, vestibule, side entrance
- bus transitbus stop, bus stops, bus route, bus routes, bus driver
front doorsback doors
Secondary building exits
side entrances · cellar doors · garage doors · secret passages · emergency exits
front, door, doors, doormat, upfront, doorstep, doorbell, doorknob, affront