entrance
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈɛntrəns/
:
entrada
- The entrance to the museum is beautifully decorated with flowers.
- main entrance
- entrance to the building
- entrance door
You live beyond the Mass Turnpike entrance to the centre city.
- You live beyond the Mass Turnpike entrance to the centre city.
- Perhaps over the entrance gate to Harvard or Yale.
- They had police vans blocking the entrance to the jetty in case I ran.
- Right now we're walking to the southern gate, the main entrance for UC Berkeley.
Examples
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The entrance to the vault is across an ice chasm.
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Front entrance secure.
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The kids and I use this entrance a lot, a lot.
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You need like the front entrance to be clear.
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I love, I love the big entrance you made.
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This is like a back entrance, as you can see.
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Change direction and start moving away from the front entrance and toward the side entrance.
Fiction book (1990) -
I met him on the road, at the entrance of the trailer court.
Fiction book (1990) -
As such, it was positioned near the main entrance leading into the city.
Academic text (1990) -
Right now we're walking to the southern gate, the main entrance for UC Berkeley.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A thing in a wall, building or vehicle that opens so people can go in and out
390
1.0
The main door people use to enter a building from the street
279
1.2
An opening or door used to go into a building
240
1.0
A space in a wall that is the entrance to a room or building
179
1.0
A space that lets people move through, for example a door
163
1.0
A door at the back of a building used as an extra entrance
124
6.0
A large decorative entrance to a building or a way into a new experience
75
2.8
An entrance you can close with a gate that leads into a place
30
1.0
A door on the side of a building used as an entrance or exit instead of the front door
18
2.6
A small area inside a building next to the front door where people enter
13
1.0
The main door at the front of a building where people enter
10
1.8
A door at the back of a building that people use to enter
10
3.4
An entrance at the back of a building used by staff, for deliveries, or to take out rubbish
5
3.5
A space at the front of a building where people enter
5
1.8
An outside door at the side of a building used instead of the main door
4
1.0
A door at the back of a building that people use as a second entrance
3
1.0
A door that leads from a building to the outside
1
2.3
An entrance from the outside that people use to get into a building
1
3.5
A door at the back used by workers for deliveries and trash
1
1.1
A door that separates rooms inside a building
A doorway that leads into a building or room
Compounds
- Specialized
10
3.4
An entrance at the back of a building used by staff, for deliveries, or to take out rubbish
- Archaic
1
6.7
A separate door at the back or side used by staff and for deliveries
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Entrance comes from the verb enter, meaning 'to go in', and so it also means a physical 'way in' like a door, gate, or opening that lets people enter a place.