entranceway
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3.5
- noun
- /ˈɛntrənsˌweɪ/
- The young man immediately crossed the entranceway to follow, but the man was now no longer in the courtyard.
Examples
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She paused at the entranceway before stepping into the bustling lobby filled with people.
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Next, you'll be escorted by a guide past the door of the round building, the entranceway to America.
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Over to the right is the entranceway of the bathroom.
Fiction book (1993) -
We're looking at the western entranceway as well as the eastern entranceway up above in this very helpful view.
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But the young man hid in a nearby entranceway, and she did not notice him.
Fiction book (1991) -
I ran here from the entranceway of the Nimigon National Park.
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The shoes are placed in the entranceway to the Wa-Shitsu, named Genkan.
Academic text (2008) -
In Mudear's house, there were no doors on the two entranceways to the kitchen.
Fiction book (1993) -
Sweat pouring off his brow, Bob stands in sunglasses in the entranceway to his apartment.
Fiction book (1991) -
Three paces into this cramped entranceway, a narrow flight of stairs reared abruptly and steeply up.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
415
1.0
A door or opening that lets people go into a place
323
1.3
A large entrance area in a building where people wait
224
6.0
A large decorative entrance to a building or a way into a new experience
204
1.0
A space in a wall that is the entrance to a room or building
122
1.2
An opening or door used to go into a building
101
1.0
A space that lets people move through, for example a door
71
2.8
An entrance you can close with a gate that leads into a place
44
3.9
A large entrance hall in a building like a hotel or theater where people wait
41
3.2
A long narrow space that connects rooms or parts of a building
17
2.6
A small area inside a building next to the front door where people enter
11
6.0
A small entrance hall next to a building's front door where people wait
5
6.5
A small room leading to a main room where people wait
4
2.8
A large room just inside the main door where people enter and wait
4
8.2
A small room before a larger room where people wait
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Etymology
Entranceway comes from the familiar verb enter, which means 'go in', plus way, which means 'path' or 'road'. So, an entranceway is literally the 'path to go in', a door or passage that gives people access to a building.