back door

noun

Meaning

A rear entrance to a building, or a secret, indirect method of achieving something.

Examples

We always enter the house through the back door when we have groceries.
The company used a back door in the software to bypass security protocols.

Synonyms: rear entrance, side entrance, loophole, secret passage

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back door

noun

Pronunciation: /ˌbæk ˈdɔːr/

Definition

A rear entrance to a building, or a secret, indirect method of achieving something.

Examples

We always enter the house through the back door when we have groceries.
The company used a back door in the software to bypass security protocols.

Synonyms of back door

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Antonyms of back door

Words with the opposite meaning to back door:

front door

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