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doorway

[ dawr-wey, dohr- ]

/ ˈdɔrˌweɪ, ˈdoʊr- /

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noun

the passage or opening into a building, room, etc., commonly closed and opened by a door; portal.

a means of access: a doorway to success.

Origin of doorway

First recorded in 1790–1800; door + way¹

Words nearby doorway

doorsill, doorstead, doorstep, doorstone, doorstop, doorway, doorwoman, dooryard, doosra, doover, doozie

Example sentences from the Web for doorway

The man pleaded with them while his wife stood in the doorway of the bus holding their baby.

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Looking for a place to get a salad, we pass a gift shop with a rack of dresses near the doorway.

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He pushed past a female curate and raced towards the exit, but Father Andrew Cain got to the doorway first.

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He is standing in a doorway looking at his wife, who is sitting in front of a computer wearing a telephone headset.

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Boris sprang through the doorway and I followed; but we were too late.

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Soon after passing beneath the lamp mademoiselle vanished into a doorway.

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But Earle, following the spectacled man out of the room, stopped in the doorway.

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They were just returning to the shelter of the doorway when two shots rang out, but neither was effective.

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At the rear, a doorway, heavily curtained, leads into another room.

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The rock chamber was full of fine spray from the streams of water that shot over the doorway.

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British Dictionary definitions for doorway

doorway

/ (ˈdɔːˌweɪ) /

noun

an opening into a building, room, etc, esp one that has a door

a means of access or escape a doorway to freedom