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Doorplate
A plaque mounted on a door, bearing information about the occupant of a room or building.
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A plaque mounted on a door, bearing information about the occupant of a room or building.
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| wall platenoun | (construction) A piece of timber laid horizontally in or on a wall as a support for a girder, rafter, or joist. |
| overdoornoun | A decoration, usually a painting, that is placed above a doorway. |
| dead platenoun | (engineering) A solid covering over a part of a fire grate, to prevent the entrance of air through that part. |
| wallplatenoun | Alternative form of wall plate. [(construction) A piece of timber laid horizontally in or on a wall as a support for a girder, rafter, or joist.] |
| floorplatenoun | A horizontal, structural, load-bearing member in platform framing (wooden building framing). Also called bottom plate, sill plate, sole plate or (lower) wall plate. |
| doornoun | (architecture) A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, typically consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. It may have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold it closed, and a lock that ensures it cannot be opened without a key. |
| doorpostnoun | Either of the upright posts on either side of a door, which together support a lintel; doorjamb. |
| house doornoun | A door to a house; a house's door. |
| doorwaynoun | The passage of a door; a door-shaped entrance into a house or a room. |
| doorcasenoun | The surrounding frame into which a door shuts. |
| doorframenoun | The frame into which a door is fitted. |
| roofplatenoun | Alternative form of roof-plate. [(construction) A wall plate that receives the lower ends of the rafters of a roof.] |
| roof-platenoun | (construction) A wall plate that receives the lower ends of the rafters of a roof. |
| switchplatenoun | The wallplate in which a switch, such as a light switch, is housed. |
| gatenoun | A doorway, opening, or passage in a fence or wall. |
| office floor platenoun | (architecture) The space available for use by commercial tenants within an office building. |
| thresholdnoun | The lowermost part of a doorway that one crosses to enter; a sill. |
| door framenoun | The frame into which a door is fitted. |
| portièrenoun | A hanging, such as a heavy curtain, placed over a door or doorway; a door curtain. |
| patio doornoun | (chiefly in the plural) A sliding door, usually made of glass, that opens onto a patio, deck or garden. |
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