"stage door" meaning in English

See stage door in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: stage doors [plural], stage-door [alternative], stagedoor [alternative]
Etymology: From stage + door. Etymology templates: {{af|en|stage|door}} stage + door Head templates: {{en-noun}} stage door (plural stage doors)
  1. The door used by actors and other professionals when entering or leaving a theatre. Translations (door used by actors and other professionals): служебен вход на театър (služeben vhod na teatǎr) (Bulgarian), näyttelijöiden ovi (Finnish), näyttämön ovi (Finnish), entrée des artistes [feminine] (French), doras aisteoirí [masculine] (Irish), wejście dla aktorouf [neuter] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-stage_door-en-noun-Na1L~RVR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Theater Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 62 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Theater: 85 15

Verb

Forms: stage doors [present, singular, third-person], stage dooring [participle, present], stage doored [participle, past], stage doored [past], stage-door [alternative], stagedoor [alternative]
Etymology: From stage + door. Etymology templates: {{af|en|stage|door}} stage + door Head templates: {{en-verb}} stage door (third-person singular simple present stage doors, present participle stage dooring, simple past and past participle stage doored)
  1. Alternative spelling of stage-door Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: stage-door
    Sense id: en-stage_door-en-verb-I9xQE64C

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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