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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

house door

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.99 in modern English

Syllables
house- -door
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A door to a house; a house's door.

Etymology

From Middle English hous-dore, equivalent to house + door. Cognate Saterland Frisian Huusdoore (“housedoor”), West Frisian hûsdoar (“housedoor”), Dutch huisdeur (“housedoor”), German Low German Huusdöör (“housedoor”), German Haustür (“housedoor”), Swedish husdörr (“housedoor”), Icelandic húsdyr (“housedoor”). Compare also German Haustor (“house gate, house door”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

house doors (plural) housedoor (alternative) house-door (alternative)

Questions

What does house door mean?
A door to a house; a house's door.
Where does house door come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce house door

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