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dorothy door

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.76 in modern English

Syllables
dorothy -door
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A single door, or one of a pair of doors, which (when closed) is not vertical but instead lies at an angle close to horizontal, which leads into a basement or cellar.

Etymology

In the film The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy's family (though not Dorothy) flees through such a door to shelter in a cellar while a tornado passes.

Inflected Forms

Dorothy doors (plural)

Questions

What does dorothy door mean?
A single door, or one of a pair of doors, which (when closed) is not vertical but instead lies at an angle close to horizontal, which leads into a basement or cellar.
Where does dorothy door come from?
In the film The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy's family (though not Dorothy) flees through such a door to shelter in a cellar while a tornado passes.

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