Meaning

8 senses
  1. The control mechanism by which a door is latched and unlatched.

  2. Any of various devices designed to make opening a door easier.

  3. Any of various devices designed to make opening a door easier.

    Any of various devices to automatically open a door in response to a sensor or signal sent from a controller.

  4. A crowbar-like tool used by firefighters to quickly force locked doors to open.

  5. Someone who opens doors.

  6. Any tactic, approach, or giveaway item employed by a salesman to capture the interest of a potential customer.

  7. A communication technique designed to encourage someone to speak openly.

  8. Someone or something that provides someone with opportunities that would otherwise be unavailable to them.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Ziri replaced the garage door opener.

Translations

4 languages
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Origin

(sales): Compare get one's foot in the door.

(sales): Compare get one's foot in the door.

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Forms

plural: door openers
Singulardoor opener
Pluraldoor openers

regular

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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