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back entrance

back entrance

10 1.8
A door at the back of a building that people use to enter
  • noun
translation icon : entrada trasera
  • Tell it to come to the back entrance, the doctors' parking lot.
  • Use the back entrance
  • around the back entrance
  • door to the back entrance

So they have their kind of sneaky back entrance there.

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Examples

  • And then I'll come back through the back entrance.

    Sisters (1973)

  • After what seemed like an age, Bel finally led me into a dark doorway I slowly realized was a back entrance to the courthouse.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Tell them to hurry up, and please use the back entrance.

    Mosquito Man (2005)

  • Um, I know you have parking in the rear of the building with the back entrance.

    Unsane (2018)

  • Is there a back entrance?

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Looking for a back entrance.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Mr. Hughes was persuaded by Elections Canada officials to exit through a back entrance.

    Blog text (22)

  • There's a car waiting for you downstairs in the back entrance.

    The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

  • The alley was dark; just the one dim light over the back entrance.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Please use the back entrance when you arrive at the venue.

Synonyms

back door
vsback entrance
163 1.0

A door at the back of a building used as an extra entrance

is a general rear access point rather than a single physical opening
backdoor
vsback entrance
4 1.0

A door at the back of a building that people use as a second entrance

is a general rear access point rather than this specific opening

Antonyms

front entrance
13 1.0

The main door at the front of a building where people enter

How Important

back entrance
10 1.8
service entrance
  • Specialized
10 3.4

Surface Forms

back entrance singular
back entrances plural

Morphology

back + entrance

The meaning 'an entrance at the rear of a building' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'back' (rear) with 'entrance' (a physical opening). This straightforward noun compound follows common English composition patterns and is likely understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.

Etymology

Back entrance is a simple image: back means the rear side of a building and entrance means a way in. So it refers to the door at the rear, often used for deliveries or staff, which is why it means 'an entrance located at the rear side of a building'.