milk delivery door

noun

A small compartment in an exterior wall of houses, with an exterior door and an interior door, where the milkman can leave dairy products. As milk delivery has fallen out of use, these compartments are no longer built into housing.

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Meanings

nounmilk delivery door (plural milk delivery doors)

plural milk delivery doors

  1. historicalarchitectureA small compartment in an exterior wall of houses, with an exterior door and an interior door, where the milkman can leave dairy products. As milk delivery has fallen out of use, these compartments are no longer built into housing.

    Synonyms: milk door

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA small compartment in an exterior wall of houses, with an exterior door and an interior door, where the milkman can leave dairy products. As milk delivery has fallen out of use, these compartments are no longer built into housing.

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milk delivery door. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/milk%20delivery%20door

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“milk delivery door.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/milk%20delivery%20door. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “milk delivery door,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/milk%20delivery%20door.

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