garage door

Vehicle bay entrance

A garage door is the large movable panel that closes the entrance to a garage, typically swinging upward on tracks or rolling up into a coil.

Most residential garage doors operate by remote control: I sat in the driveway waiting for the garage door to open.

The garage door opener is the motorized mechanism that raises and lowers it.

mechanism

opener

What begins something

  • remoteDistant or controller
  • motorEnergy-to-motion converter
  • springRecoiling metal spiral

track · roller · hinge · pulley · chain · belt · panel · cable · torsion · bracket

style

sectional

Sofa made of units

wooden · steel · aluminum · glass · insulated · paneled · windowed · flush · contemporary · traditional

security

lock

Mechanism requiring a key

keypad · code · monitoring · reinforcement · motion detector · surveillance · barrier · secure · access control · smart lock

function

parking

Leaving a vehicle temporarily

vehicle access · loading · unloading · clearance · headroom · opening · closing · automatic · manual · oversized

Categories
Opposites
building entry type

garage doorfront door

Primary household entry point

main entrance · side door · back door · window · skylight

Family

door, garage, doorway, outdoors, indoors, doorstep, doorbell, doorknob, garages

Familiarity
Top 20,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G