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street door

British  

noun

  1. the door of a house that opens onto the street

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Street by street, door by door, they ask tenants about the cost of rent, the percentage of their income they pay toward rent and about whether tenants have faced any harassment from their landlords.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2023

The Tower House actually has two front doors: the half bevelled-glass street door which leads into a mosaic lobby and the actual house door, adorned with brass sculptures showing the Ages of Man.

From The Guardian • Jul. 8, 2018

The street door had not been locked, he said, “You just have to push a bit hard.”

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2017

Pausing, as if to enter, my hand on the great knob of the street door.

From Slate • Dec. 20, 2011

At first Colonel Gerineldo Márquez would visit him at dusk and they would both sit in the street door and talk about the past.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez