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noun
A single door, or one of a pair of doors, which (when closed) is not vertical but instead lies at an angle close to horizontal, which leads into a basement or cellar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural-normally
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Antonyms: none provided
History
In the film The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy's family (though not Dorothy) flees through such a door to shelter in a cellar while a tornado passes.
