closed door

1. An obstacle or restriction, as in There are no closed doors in the new field of gene therapy. [First half of 1900s]

2. close one's doors. See close down. Also see behind closed doors; close the door.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Vieno	VEE-e-no	Finnish (Rare)
AscensiÓN	ah-then-SYON (Spanish), ah-sen-SYON (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Ayishah	-	Arabic
Consuelo	kon-SWE-lo	Spanish
Rosy	ROZ-ee	English
TorbjØRn	-	Danish, Norwegian