house door

Home's main threshold

A house door is the main entrance door to a dwelling, as distinguished from interior doors, garage doors, or doors to outbuildings.

The term appears most often when specificity matters: The package was left at the house door.

In older usage, particularly British, it emphasizes the threshold between private domestic space and the outside world.

Related

peephole · weatherproofing · exit · strike plate · jamb · knock · frame · liminality · hinge · slam · latch · back · security · handle · entry · welcome · porch · swing

Opposites
building opening type

house doorwindow

Glass-fitted wall opening

skylight · picture window · windowpane · glass pane · porthole

access point function

house doorbrick wall

Stacked masonry partition

blank wall · barrier · partition · blocked passage

residential vs. commercial/public

house doorfactory gate

Industrial building's entry point

church door · public entrance · palace gate · castle gate · prison gate

Family

house, door, household, doorway, housing, outdoors, houses, indoors, doors

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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G