Definition of Storm door

1. Noun. An extra outer door for protection against severe weather or winter.

Generic synonyms: Door

Definition of Storm door

1. Noun. A door normally leading to a cellar or a basement, for protection from a tornado or a violent storm ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Storm Door

storm-beaten
storm-cloud
storm-petrel
storm-stayed
storm-tossed
storm-trooper
storm-troopers
storm cellar
storm cellars
storm center
storm centre
storm chaser
storm cloud
storm clouds
storm cone
storm doors
storm drain
storm drains
storm in a tea-kettle
storm jib
storm jibs
storm lamp
storm lantern
storm match
storm out of the blocks
storm petrel
storm petrels
storm sash
storm sewer

Literary usage of Storm door

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"... northwest of the house, and connected with the cellar under the house by a tunnel. storm door. Same as Weather Door, (which sec, under Door). STORY. ..."

2. Home Energy Projects: An Energy Conservation Guide for Do-It-Yourselfers by DIANE Publishing Company, Jeffrey S. Tiller (1996)
"Before purchasing storm door, make sure existing door frame is square using ... Place the storm door over your regular door frame and mark its position on ..."

3. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and edited by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"storm door from what appears to be its course. As, then, the tornado approaches from ... storm door. Same as Weather Door, (which see, under Door). STORY. ..."

4. More Cheerful Americans by Charles Battell Loomis (1904)
"Why the Delegate Walked A STORMY TALE OF A storm door. THE storm door needed putting up. It also needed to be painted. I never studied carpentering nor have ..."

5. Ordinances, Resolutions, Etcby New York (N.Y., New York (N.Y.). by New York (N.Y., New York (N.Y.). (1901)
"377 Myrtle avenue 580 Kelly, Owen, permission to erect storm-door, northeast corner of Second avenue and Fifty-third street 257 Knickerbocker avenue, ..."

6. One of Ours by Willa Cather (1922)
""Lord 'a' mercy, Mr. Claude, I can't git the storm door open. ... The storm door opened outward. Claude put his shoulder to it and pushed it a little way. ..."

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