exterior door - a doorway that allows entrance to or exit from a buildingbuilding, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice" doorhandle, doorknob - a knob used to release the catch when opening a door (often called `doorhandle' in Great Britain) doorway, room access, door, threshold - the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close; "he stuck his head in the doorway" Dutch door, half door - an exterior door divided in two horizontally; either half can be closed or open independently flexible joint, hinge - a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other |