A metal or wooden instrument hinged to a door and rapped by visitors to attract attention and gain entry.
Example sentencesExamples
Transforming the building into a tea room has involved the restoration of many of its original Georgian features right down to its brass door knocker.
In all my years I would have never guessed he lived behind a door with a door knocker of that appearance on it.
Paint the front door and polish your street number, door knocker, and mailbox.
There's no doorbell, so she raises the brass door knocker and raps it a few times.
It had a cement walkway going to the front door, steps that led into the house and a brass door knocker that was very old.
He had hated the house the moment he saw it - a showy, gold-trimmed monstrosity whose gilded door knocker and audacious balconies and turrets breathed wealth.
Her time away had sharpened her eyes so that she could no longer overlook the tarnished brass door knocker or the window shutter hanging by one rusted hinge.
I loved the cover with a gold door knocker on a dark-blue background, but the sales reps decreed it too safe.
Turning her eyes away from the artistic grounds, she pulled the door knocker a little harder than she intended in her haste.
Entering the courtyard of the town's mosque, she pointed out the two door knockers.
I have in my possession a very old door knocker which appears to have been hand made.
He has a colorful front door decorated with a pair of door knockers in the shape of a lion's head and a long, rounded bamboo bench.
A wreath that fills a window looks better than one that just hides the door knocker.
Thinking that no one would have heard a measly door knocker in such a massive house, she proceeded to knock three times more, harder.
There is a ruined brass door knocker in the shape of a swan.
On the cover is a bronze door knocker composed of two bears.
Attach electric jumper cables to your door knocker.
I raised my hand and placed it on the little door knocker, lifting it.
She looked up and was overwhelmed at how big the door was and how fancy it looked with the dragon head door knocker and the Chinese patterns.
She reached the Mayor's house and banged the door knocker twice.
Definition of door knocker in US English:
door knocker
noundɔ(ə)r ˈnɑkər
A metal or wooden instrument hinged to a door and rapped by visitors to attract attention and gain entry.
Example sentencesExamples
Transforming the building into a tea room has involved the restoration of many of its original Georgian features right down to its brass door knocker.
She reached the Mayor's house and banged the door knocker twice.
Paint the front door and polish your street number, door knocker, and mailbox.
There is a ruined brass door knocker in the shape of a swan.
Thinking that no one would have heard a measly door knocker in such a massive house, she proceeded to knock three times more, harder.
A wreath that fills a window looks better than one that just hides the door knocker.
Turning her eyes away from the artistic grounds, she pulled the door knocker a little harder than she intended in her haste.
Her time away had sharpened her eyes so that she could no longer overlook the tarnished brass door knocker or the window shutter hanging by one rusted hinge.
There's no doorbell, so she raises the brass door knocker and raps it a few times.
I have in my possession a very old door knocker which appears to have been hand made.
I loved the cover with a gold door knocker on a dark-blue background, but the sales reps decreed it too safe.
He had hated the house the moment he saw it - a showy, gold-trimmed monstrosity whose gilded door knocker and audacious balconies and turrets breathed wealth.
On the cover is a bronze door knocker composed of two bears.
I raised my hand and placed it on the little door knocker, lifting it.
It had a cement walkway going to the front door, steps that led into the house and a brass door knocker that was very old.
Entering the courtyard of the town's mosque, she pointed out the two door knockers.
He has a colorful front door decorated with a pair of door knockers in the shape of a lion's head and a long, rounded bamboo bench.
In all my years I would have never guessed he lived behind a door with a door knocker of that appearance on it.
She looked up and was overwhelmed at how big the door was and how fancy it looked with the dragon head door knocker and the Chinese patterns.
Attach electric jumper cables to your door knocker.