sliding door
noun
: a door that opens and closes by sliding sideways instead of by swinging on hinges
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Police then forced their way through the glass sliding door at the back of the Coral Springs house.
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Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
Uh, the guess is blood around this sliding door.
—Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
When the mother entered the living room, her daughter told her that she had just been assaulted, and the person fled out the back sliding door.
—Robert A. Cronkleton
march 17, Kansas City Star, 17 Mar. 2026
The actors paced in the wings puffing on cigarettes, watching the sliding door in case the fireman should catch them.
—Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026
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Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
Uh, the guess is blood around this sliding door.
—Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
When the mother entered the living room, her daughter told her that she had just been assaulted, and the person fled out the back sliding door.
—Robert A. Cronkleton
march 17, Kansas City Star, 17 Mar. 2026
The actors paced in the wings puffing on cigarettes, watching the sliding door in case the fireman should catch them.
—Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for sliding door
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“Sliding door.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sliding%20door. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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