"false door" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: false doors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} false door (plural false doors)
  1. (Egyptology) A recessed carving on an Ancient Egyptian tomb wall representing a palace façade with a door at its center, intended to serve as a threshold between the worlds of the living and the dead, and in front of which offerings were placed. Synonyms: ka-door Translations (Egyptian tomb carving): r:rw-H_SPACE:t-w- (rwt) (Egyptian), Scheintür [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-false_door-en-noun-en:Egyptian_tomb_carving Categories (other): Ancient Egypt, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Egyptian translations, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 12 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 77 12 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 82 12 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 84 10 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Egyptian translations: 92 6 3 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 74 14 13 Topics: Egyptology, history, human-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'Egyptian tomb carving': 90 8 2
  2. (archaeology) A comparable architectural element in tombs of other cultures, such as Etruscan or ancient Sardinian tombs.
    Sense id: en-false_door-en-noun-5GKxVsvB Categories (other): Archaeology Topics: archaeology, history, human-sciences, sciences
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see false, door.
    Sense id: en-false_door-en-noun-6Zg~nurF

Inflected forms

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