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entryway

entryway

18 2.6
A small area inside a building next to the front door where people enter
  • noun
  • /ˈɛntriˌweɪ/
translation icon : 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
468 1.0

A door or opening that lets people go into a place

is broader, including passages and halls not only single openings
entry
vsentryway
279 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
lobby
vsentryway
261 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
doorway
vsentryway
240 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
opening
vsentryway
179 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
portal
vsentryway
124 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
passage
vsentryway
115 2.5

A way for people or things to move through

is more specific to entrances for buildings and rooms rather than any channel
gateway
vsentryway
75 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
passageway
vsentryway
50 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
foyer
vsentryway
45 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
vestibule
vsentryway
12 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
entranceway
vsentryway
5 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
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
entrada
vsentryway
  • US
8.0

A doorway that leads into a building or room

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

Antonyms

363 1.0

An opening or way that lets people leave a place

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

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.