sliding door

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sliding door

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(crucial decision point): From the plot of the film Sliding Doors.

noun sliding doors

  1. A door that opens and closes by sliding to the side; sometimes one of a pair. Constructional features of the railbus include the use of rubber suspension for axlebox/underframe and underframe/body mountings, the use of B.U.T. power transmission equipment, many components of which are interchangeable with those on British Railways standard railcars, power-operated sliding door
  2. attributive, figuratively Denotes a crucial decision point at which outcomes diverge depending on which of two courses is followed. sliding door(s) moment

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noun door

Españolpuerta corredera, puerta corrediza
한국어미닫이 midaji, 미닫이문 midajimun
日本語引き戸
中文推拉門 /推拉门 tuīlāmén
Portuguêsporta corrediça, porta de correr
Françaisporte coulissante
DeutschSchiebetür
Русскийраздвижны́е две́ри razdvižnýje dvéri

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@misc{sliding_door_2026,
  title = {sliding door},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sliding%20door},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}