The phrase "a door lock" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a locking mechanism for a door.
Example: "Make sure to secure a door lock before leaving the house."
Alternatives: "a lock for a door" or "a locking mechanism for a door."
Ravi told Jason Tam that he has designed a door lock that employs fingerprint recognition.
Wear-a-tron is essentially a button on your watch that connects to a Lockitron-powered lock (a door lock controlled by a smartphone).
For example, he explained, "you can attach a sensor to a door lock or pet door and Iris can alert you when the door is opened or closed".
Another is the architect Tom Kundig's house in Seattle (above left), which has a folded metal staircase, a door lock installed backwards so the moving parts are visible and a hoist that moves the television between the second and third floors.
Quietly spoken, neatly dressed and with a barely suppressed mischievous grin, he describes how, on a recent trip to Spain, he'd been due to meet two members of the royal family, but owing to a door lock malfunction, was instead imprisoned in a hotel bathroom.
Crew inside the cockpit can manually override it to keep a door locked for up to five minutes.
There's a concluding coup de cinéma of a sonic power akin to that achieved by Robert Bresson — a click of a door locking behind a person on her way out, that resounds with a quiet and terrible thunder.
Get hinges (only if you're going to build a door), locks (once again, only for a door), nails, and a hammer if you don't already own one.
I remember being in Tuscany, in the mid-seventies, and all I could focus on in a beautiful Renaissance palazzo I visited, the only fucking thing in room after room of paintings and furniture and glass and Christ knows what, was a door-lock which resembled a bra-hook - flat eyes.
Here are a few recent examples: AUDI A balky door lock is a big problem with a relatively simple fix for owners of recent Audis.
