Doorway

//ˈdɔɹweɪ// noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The passage of a door; a door-shaped entrance into a house or a room.

    "A re-arrangement of the seating in relation to doorway positions gives an even distribution of seated passengers, no change has been made in the number or size of the doorways."

  2. 2
    the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close wordnet
  3. 3
    An opening or passage in general. figuratively

    "How fares it with the happy dead? For here the man is more and more; ⁠But he forgets the days before God shut the doorways of his head [i.e. the sutures of the skull]."

Synonyms

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archwayback doorbarwaybulkheadcarriage entrancecellar door

Example

More examples

"Two fat men trying to pass through a narrow doorway are in checkmate."

Etymology

From door + way.

Related phrases

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