Two fat men trying to pass through a narrow doorway are in checkmate.
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Doorway
//ˈdɔɹweɪ//
Synonyms for "doorway" (42 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (12)
Related words (21)
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More general
5 entriesat location
10 entriesderived
4 entriesderived from
2 entriesis a
6 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
8 entriesused for
26 entriesShowing 16 of 26 words.
Translations
51 translations across 38 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- deuropening noun (passage of a door)
Bulgarian
1 entries- вход noun (passage of a door)
Cebuano
1 entries- pulta noun (passage of a door)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎦᎶᎯᏍᏗ noun (passage of a door)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 門口 /门口 noun (passage of a door)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 門口 /门口 noun (passage of a door)
Danish
1 entries- døråbning noun (passage of a door)
Dutch
2 entries- deurgat noun (passage of a door)
- deuropening noun (passage of a door)
Eastern Mari
1 entries- аҥ noun (passage of a door)
Esperanto
1 entries- pordejo noun (passage of a door)
Finnish
2 entries- ovensuu noun (passage of a door)
- oviaukko noun (passage of a door)
French
1 entries- embrasure de la porte noun (passage of a door)
Galician
3 entries- entrada noun (passage of a door)
- porta noun (passage of a door)
- portal noun (passage of a door)
German
1 entries- Türöffnung noun (passage of a door)
Greek
1 entries- άνοιγμα πόρτας noun (passage of a door)
Hungarian
1 entries- ajtónyílás noun (passage of a door)
Irish
1 entries- doras noun (passage of a door)
Italian
2 entries- uscio noun (passage of a door)
- via di accesso noun (passage of a door)
Japanese
1 entries- 戸口 noun (passage of a door)
Korean
2 entries- 문간 noun (passage of a door)
- 출입구 noun (passage of a door)
Latin
2 entries- ianua noun (passage of a door)
- ostium noun (passage of a door)
Macedonian
1 entries- влез noun (passage of a door)
Navajo
1 entries- chʼéʼétiin noun (passage of a door)
Norman
1 entries- uss'sie noun (passage of a door)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- døråpning noun (passage of a door)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- døropning noun (passage of a door)
Old English
1 entries- wāgþȳrel noun (passage of a door)
Polish
1 entries- wejście noun (passage of a door)
Portuguese
2 entries- porta noun (passage of a door)
- vão da porta noun (passage of a door)
Russian
1 entries- дверно́й проём noun (passage of a door)
Spanish
3 entries- portal noun (passage of a door)
- portón noun (passage of a door)
- umbral noun (passage of a door)
Swedish
2 entries- dörr noun (passage of a door)
- dörröppning noun (passage of a door)
Telugu
1 entries- గుమ్మం noun (passage of a door)
Tumbuka
1 entries- muryango noun (passage of a door)
Ukrainian
2 entries- дверни́й о́твір noun (passage of a door)
- дверни́й про́різ noun (passage of a door)
Walloon
2 entries- poice noun (passage of a door)
- tchapå noun (passage of a door)
Welsh
1 entries- drws noun (passage of a door)
Yao
1 entries- mlango class 3 noun (passage of a door)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
The door opened and there she was, standing in the doorway.
Source: tatoeba (39114)
A thief lurked in the dark doorway.
Source: tatoeba (279858)
A man suddenly appeared in the doorway.
Source: tatoeba (280708)
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