General
doorwall
What does doorwall mean?
A sliding glass door — the big patio kind that's basically a wall of glass. Almost no one outside Michigan uses this word; cross the border into Ohio or Indiana and you'll get blank stares. Believed to come from a mid-century trade name a Michigan manufacturer slapped on the product.
"Lock the doorwall before you go to bed, the raccoons figured out the handle."
Origin
Generally traced to a product name used by a Michigan-based door manufacturer (often credited to the Fenestra or similar mid-century firms) that became genericised across the state.
Frequently asked questions
What does doorwall mean?
Doorwall is a Michigan term for a sliding glass patio door.
How do you use doorwall in a sentence?
"Shut the doorwall, you're letting all the bugs in."
Where is doorwall used?
It's a regionalism strongly associated with Michigan, where locals call the sliding glass patio door a doorwall.
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