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entryway

entryway

17 2.6
A small area inside a building next to the front door where people enter
  • noun
  • /ˈɛntriˌweɪ/
: vestíbulo
  • Its street number tops its imposing entryway in large gilt letters: 285.

And I was in the same dorm as Andy Bernard freshman year of college, same entryway.

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Examples

  • Please leave your shoes by the entryway before stepping onto the carpet.

  • Standing in the entryway, she thrust a boxed melon toward me as a gift.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • But this little entryway is so welcoming.

  • At our next house, here's the entryway in the kitchen.

  • This is the entryway to our dorm.

  • Look at the koi pond in the entryway.

  • Stray feathers and dry leaves litter the entryway to the wood-frame building.

    Academic text (2009)
  • So we've got the entryway, which leads down into the room where Aspen is enjoying our chocolate covered strawberries.

  • So when you first walk into our home, you'll notice a a pretty simple entryway, a coat rack with a couple of hats, maybe a few jackets on it.

  • Oscar Wilde's signature was framed above the entryway, and Redmon was directing everyone's attention to it.

    Fiction book (1997)

Synonyms

entrance
vsentryway
415 1.0

A door or opening that lets people go into a place

is broader, including passages and halls not only single openings
lobby
vsentryway
323 1.3

A large entrance area in a building where people wait

is the general access term and does not stress reception or waiting functions
portal
vsentryway
224 6.0

A large decorative entrance to a building or a way into a new experience

is the neutral everyday access term rather than a grand, figurative opening
doorway
vsentryway
204 1.0

A space in a wall that is the entrance to a room or building

is the more general access term that also covers halls and corridors
entry
vsentryway
122 1.2

An opening or door used to go into a building

is focused on passages or halls that provide access rather than any opening
passage
vsentryway
108 2.5

A way for people or things to move through

is more specific to entrances for buildings and rooms rather than any channel
opening
vsentryway
101 1.0

A space that lets people move through, for example a door

is specific to building or room access rather than any general gap or hole
gateway
vsentryway
71 2.8

An entrance you can close with a gate that leads into a place

is the general access term and does not imply a closable gate
foyer
vsentryway
44 3.9

A large entrance hall in a building like a hotel or theater where people wait

is the general access term not limited to special buildings like hotels
passageway
vsentryway
41 3.2

A long narrow space that connects rooms or parts of a building

is broader, covering varied access points not only long narrow links
vestibule
vsentryway
11 6.0

A small entrance hall next to a building's front door where people wait

is broader and covers any access passage rather than a small outer reception space
entrance hall
vsentryway
4 2.8

A large room just inside the main door where people enter and wait

is the general access term rather than a room reserved for receiving visitors
entranceway
vsentryway
4 3.5

A space at the front of a building where people enter

is the broader, general term covering passages, doors, and halls for access
entrada
vsentryway
  • US
1 8.0

A doorway that leads into a building or room

is the neutral, general access term rather than a regionally marked form

Antonyms

388 1.0

An opening or way that lets people leave a place

How Big

hall
758 1.0
vestibule
11 6.0
foyer
44 3.9
entryway
17 2.6
doorway
204 1.0
threshold
35 3.3

Surface Forms

entryway singular
entryways plural

Morphology

entryway = entry + way (transparent) = entry + way

The compound is a direct combination of 'entry' + 'way' meaning a way for entering, which is immediately inferable by learners.

Etymology

Entryway combines two simple words: entry (from enter, meaning 'to go in') and way ('path'), so it literally names the 'path' or opening you use to go into a house or building.