Meaning

7 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A subsidiary entrance to a building or house at its rear, normally away from the street.

    Hintertür

    за́дняя дверьzádnjaja dverʹ, за́дний входzádnij vxod

    за́дні две́ріzádni dvéri

    an entrance at the rear of a building

  2. (countable, uncountable)A means of access, often secret and unprotected, to something.

    Hintertür, Backdoor

    чёрный ходčórnyj xod, потайна́я дверьpotajnája dverʹ, бэкдо́рbɛkdór

    чо́рний хідčórnyj xid, потайні́ две́ріpotajní dvéri

    a secret or underhand means of access (to a place or a position)

  3. (countable, uncountable)A secret means of access to a program or system.

    an undocumented way to get access to a computer system or the data it contains

  4. (countable, uncountable)A rear side door of a car, or at the back of a van.

    hintere Seitentür, Hecktür

  5. (countable, slang, uncountable)The anus (usually in sexual practices).

    backdoor action

    go up the back door

    жо́паžópa

    ду́паdúpa

  6. (broadly, slang, uncountable)Anal sex.

  7. (countable, informal, uncountable)The rear side of the hole, furthest from the golfer.

Examples

189 sentences
  1. Tom is at the back door.

  2. Tom went out the back door.

  3. Tom pointed to the back door.

    deTom zeigte auf die Hintertür. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Tom walked back out the door.

  5. Tom left the back door open.

    ruТом оставил заднюю дверь открытой. — odexed

Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
subsidiary entrance to building:
secret, unprotected means of access:
slang: anus:
Русский
By meaning 4
subsidiary entrance to building:
secret, unprotected means of access:
computing: secret means of access:
slang: anus:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
subsidiary entrance to building:
computing: secret means of access:
automotive: rear door:

Forms

plural: back doors

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a secret or underhand means of access (to a place or a position):backdoor
  • an entrance at the rear of a building:backdoorback entrance
  • an undocumented way to get access to a computer system or the data it contains:backdoor

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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