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doorway

doorway

240 1.0
A space in a wall that is the entrance to a room or building
  • noun
  • /ˈdɔːrˌweɪ/
translation icon : entrada
  • A wedge of light forces its way through the doorway and illuminates our legs.
  • an open doorway
  • stand in the doorway
  • a front doorway

Celine makes it to the other side and the doorway shuts.

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Examples

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

  • Three will pass through each doorway.

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

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

  • See the line across the doorway?

  • Who will stand guard at this doorway?

  • I guess I'll check the doorway.

  • 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.

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

Synonyms

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
vestibule
12 6.0
foyer
45 3.9
entryway
18 2.6
doorway
240 1.0
threshold
38 3.3

Surface Forms

doorway singular
doorways plural

Morphology

doorway = door + way (transparent) = door + way

The meaning 'entrance space' is directly and predictably composed from 'door' + 'way' as a compound.

Etymology

The word doorway combines door meaning 'the thing you open and close' and way meaning 'path' or 'road'. So a doorway is the 'path' through a door, the space in a wall where a door stands.