A subsidiary entrance to a building or house at its rear, normally away from the street. / A means of access, often secret and unprotected, to something.

(US, baseball) The path of a pitch which starts outside and then slides over the plate. / Achieved through indirect means.

To attempt to accomplish by indirect means, especially when direct means are proscribed.

Alternative form of trapdoor

(transitive, filmmaking) To apply or adjust the barn doors as part of lighting.

The large door of a barn. / (humorous) Something large enough that a miss ought to be impossible. / (cricket) A player who blocks every ball. / (euphemistic, humorous) The groin area of a pair of pants.

(idiomatic) About to die; in a life-threatening state of health.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see barn, doors.

An opening in a door for pets to come in and out of the house without requiring a human to open the door.

A door that slides into the wall.