locked doors
Keyed shut portals
Locked doors are doors secured by a lock, preventing entry without a key or code.
The phrase often carries figurative weight—locked doors suggest exclusion, secrets, or obstacles: She faced locked doors at every turn in her career.
In horror and thriller contexts, locked doors heighten tension, representing both protection and entrapment.
- boltedFastened or fled suddenly
- sealedClosed to prevent entry
- barredBlocked from entry
- deadboltKey-operated door lock
- skeleton keyLock opener for many doors
keyhole · handle · knob · threshold · entrance · breaking and entering · forbidden · no entry · keep out · secret · barrier · shut · latch · padlock · chain · security · safe room · privacy
- sweatshopssweatshop labor, garment worker, garment workers, garment factories, factory workers
- secrecysecrecy, secret, secrets, confidential, classified
- family privacysecrets, boundaries, diary, bedroom, passwords
- dungeon crawlersdungeon, loot, treasure chest, monster, trap
- Papal Conclaveconclave, papal conclave, papal election, white smoke, black smoke
- school safetyschool safety, lockdown, lockdown drill, safe schools, fire drill
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Unblocked entrances
unlocked doors · open access · free entry · accessible entrances · revolving doors
locked doorsopen doors
Unblocked entrances
open arms · open-door policy · welcome mat · open invitation · warm welcome
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