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Dorothy door
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English
right|thumb|A Dorothy door, open.
right|thumb|A pair of red Dorothy doors, closed.
Etymology
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.
Noun
en usually in the plural 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.