doorway

Examples

• All

• She'd stand in the doorway, looking at me.

  Saving Private Ryan (1998)

• Three will pass through each doorway.

  Livescreamers (2023)

• The other end of this little doorway is right here.

  Danny Jones

• The front featured a large doorway which gave way to a wide hall.

• See the line across the doorway?

  The Skeleton Key (2005)

• Who will stand guard at this doorway?

  Red Sonja (1985)

• I guess I'll check the doorway.

  Superman III (1983)

• Her vociferous protest followed, and a man appeared in the doorway of the room.

  Academic text (2017)

• Donald stood in the doorway, shadows fading from his shoulders.

  cari can read

• The front featured a large doorway which gave way to a wide hall.

Synonyms

E

entrance

vsdoorway

468 1.0

A door or opening that lets people go into a place

is the wall space specifically meant to hold a fitted closure

E

entry

vsdoorway

279 1.2

An opening or door used to go into a building

is the wall space forming that opening rather than the whole area

O

opening

vsdoorway

179 1.0

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

is the specific wall space that frames entry into a room or building

P

portal

vsdoorway

124 6.0

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

is the ordinary wall space used for everyday access rather than grandeur

G

gateway

vsdoorway

75 2.8

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

is the simple wall opening that may not include a gate or boundary

E

entryway

vsdoorway

18 2.6

A small area inside a building next to the front door where people enter

is the wall gap itself rather than a hall or internal passage

E

entranceway

vsdoorway

5 3.5

A space at the front of a building where people enter

is the specific wall space where such access occurs

How Big

hall

594 1.0

entrance hall

4 2.8

vestibule

12 6.0

foyer

45 3.9

entryway

18 2.6

doorway

240 1.0

threshold

38 3.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology