Gate vs. Door

A structure that can be swung, drawn, or lowered to block an entrance or a passageway.

A movable structure used to close off an entrance, typically consisting of a panel that swings on hinges or that slides or rotates.

An opening in a wall or fence for entrance or exit.

A similar part on a piece of furniture or a vehicle.

The structure surrounding such an opening, such as the monumental or fortified entrance to a palace or walled city.

A doorway.

A doorway or walkway in a terminal, as at an airport, through which passengers proceed when embarking or disembarking.

The room or building to which a door belongs:They live three doors down the hall.

A waiting area inside a terminal, abutting such a doorway or walkway.

A means of approach or access:looking for the door to success.

A means of access

(Slang)To strike (a passing bicyclist, for example) by suddenly opening a vehicular door.

A mountain pass.

To serve as a doorman or doorwoman of (a nightclub, for example).

The total paid attendance or admission receipts at a public event

A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, typically consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. Doors are frequently made of wood or metal. May have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold the door closed, and a lock that ensures the door cannot be opened without the key.

A device for controlling the passage of water or gas through a dam or conduit.

Any flap, etc. that opens like a door.

The channel through which molten metal flows into a shaped cavity of a mold.

(immigration) An entry point.

(Sports) A passage between two upright poles through which a skier must go in a slalom race.

(figurative) A means of approach or access.

A logic gate.

(figurative) A possibility.

A path or way.

(figurative) A barrier.

A particular way of acting or doing; manner.

A software mechanism by which a user can interact with a program running remotely on a bulletin board system. See BBS door.

Chiefly British To confine (a student) to the grounds of a college as punishment.

The proceeds from entrance fees and/or ticket sales at a venue such as a bar or nightclub, especially in relation to portion paid to the entertainers. "The bar owner gives each band a percentage of the door and charges customers more to get in"

(Electronics) To select part of (a wave) for transmission, reception, or processing by magnitude or time interval.

To cause a collision by opening the door of a vehicle in front of an oncoming cyclist or pedestrian.

To furnish with a gate

An opening in the wall of a house or of an apartment, by which to go in and out; an entrance way.

A doorlike structure outside a house.

The frame or barrier of boards, or other material, usually turning on hinges, by which an entrance way into a house or apartment is closed and opened.

Doorway, opening, or passage in a fence or wall.

Passage; means of approach or access.

Movable barrier.

An entrance way, but taken in the sense of the house or apartment to which it leads.

Passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark.

A swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle;

A location which serves as a conduit for transport, migration, or trade.

The entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close;

The amount of money made by selling tickets to a concert or a sports event.

Anything providing a means of access (or escape);

(computing) A logical pathway made up of switches which turn on or off. Examples are and, or, nand, etc.

A structure where people live or work (usually ordered along a street or road);

(electronics) The controlling terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).

A room that is entered via a door;

In a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump of the bolt to pass through or into.

(metalworking) The channel or opening through which metal is poured into the mould; the ingate.

The waste piece of metal cast in the opening; a sprue or sullage piece. Also written geat and git.

(cricket) The gap between a batsman's bat and pad.

(cinematography) A mechanism, in a film camera and projector, that holds each frame momentarily stationary behind the aperture.

(flow cytometry) A line that separates particle type-clusters on two-dimensional dot plots.

A tally mark consisting of four vertical bars crossed by a diagonal, representing a count of five.

A way, path.

(obsolete) A journey.

A street; now used especially as a combining form to make the name of a street e.g. "Briggate" (a common street name in the north of England meaning "Bridge Street") or Kirkgate meaning "Church Street".

Manner; gait.

(transitive) To keep something inside by means of a closed gate.

(transitive) To punish, especially a child or teenager, by not allowing them to go out.

To open a closed ion channel.

(transitive) To furnish with a gate.

(transitive) To turn (an image intensifier) on and off selectively as needed, or to avoid damage from excessive light exposure. See autogating.

A large door or passageway in the wall of a city, of an inclosed field or place, or of a grand edifice, etc.; also, the movable structure of timber, metal, etc., by which the passage can be closed.

An opening for passage in any inclosing wall, fence, or barrier; or the suspended framework which closes or opens a passage. Also, figuratively, a means or way of entrance or of exit.

A door, valve, or other device, for stopping the passage of water through a dam, lock, pipe, etc.

The places which command the entrances or access; hence, place of vantage; power; might.

In a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump of the bolt to pass through or into.

The channel or opening through which metal is poured into the mold; the ingate.

A way; a path; a road; a street (as in Highgate).

Manner; gait.

To supply with a gate.

To punish by requiring to be within the gates at an earlier hour than usual.

A door-like movable barrier in a fence or wall

A computer circuit with several inputs but only one output that can be activated by particular combinations of inputs

Total admission receipts at a sports event

Passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark

Supply with a gate;

Control with a valve or other device that functions like a gate

Restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishment