swinging door

noun

A door that is opened by either pushing or pulling from either side (i.e. opens both ways) and is not normally capable of being locked.

“The restaurant's kitchen was separated from the dining room by a swinging door.”

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Meanings

nounswinging door (plural swinging doors)

plural swinging doors

  1. A door that is opened by either pushing or pulling from either side (i.e. opens both ways) and is not normally capable of being locked.

    The restaurant's kitchen was separated from the dining room by a swinging door.

    1 more example

    Two barmaids who looked like mother and daughter hustled between the tables and shouted out lunch orders to the bartender who then shouted them through a swinging door door back to the kitchen.

    2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 31, in Nick, New York; Boston; London: Little, Brown and Company, page 162

    Synonyms: swing door

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA door that is opened by either pushing or pulling from either side (i.e. opens both ways) and is not normally capable of being locked.

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More synonyms by meaning

nouna door that swings on a double hinge; opens in either direction

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door

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian летяща врата
  • летяща врата (letjašta vrata)door that can be opened from either side
Chinese Mandarin 擺動門 /摆动门
  • 擺動門 /摆动门door that can be opened from either side
Finnish heiluriovi
  • heiluriovidoor that can be opened from either side
German Pendeltür, Schwingtür
  • Pendeltürdoor that can be opened from either side
  • Schwingtürdoor that can be opened from either side
  • Flügeltürdoor that can be opened from either side
Irish luascdhoras, doras luascach
  • luascdhorasdoor that can be opened from either side
  • doras luascachdoor that can be opened from either side
Italian porta a battente, porta a vento
  • porta a battentedoor that can be opened from either side
  • porta a ventodoor that can be opened from either side
Japanese スイングドア
  • スイングドア (suingu doa)door that can be opened from either side
Korean 여닫이, 여닫이문
  • 여닫이 (yeodaji)door that can be opened from either side
  • 여닫이문 (yeodajimun)door that can be opened from either side
Russian пендельтюр
  • пендельтюр (pendelʹtjur)door that can be opened from either side
Swedish svängdörr
  • svängdörrdoor that can be opened from either side
Cite this entry
APA

swinging door. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swinging%20door

MLA

“swinging door.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swinging%20door. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “swinging door,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swinging%20door.

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