entryway

[ en-tree-wey ]

/ ˈɛn triˌweɪ /

a passage for affording entrance.

Origin of entryway

An Americanism dating back to 1740–50; entry + way¹

Through this entryway, we came into a broad long room, really a series of light-filled archways.

Fighting Back With Faith: Inside the Yezidis’ Iraqi Temple |Michael Luongo |August 21, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
There was an entryway near here to another courtyard, itself a prelude to the heart of the main temple.

Fighting Back With Faith: Inside the Yezidis’ Iraqi Temple |Michael Luongo |August 21, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
A turban-covered old man sat just inside the entryway, a small bowl for collecting change against the door jam.

Fighting Back With Faith: Inside the Yezidis’ Iraqi Temple |Michael Luongo |August 21, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Fading newspaper clippings about her family adorn the walls near her office in the entryway to the compound.

Book a Room at Vietnam’s ‘Crazy House’ |Nina Strochlic |July 11, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

There are two flags—one Filipino, the other Israeli—in their entryway.

Israel's Forgotten Deportees |Mya Guarnieri |July 3, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Gray Cloud stood uncertain in the entryway, letting his eyes adjust to the darkness.

Shaman |Robert Shea
The house was quiet, unadorned save for a third-floor balcony above the entryway.

The Saracen: Land of the Infidel |Robert Shea
I stood with the girl in the entryway, at a loss what to do.

Astounding Stories, April, 1931 |Various
Pick-Axe, bundled up in his overcoat, back in the entryway, did not see the scab approaching.

Comrade Yetta |Albert Edwards
In the entryway at the head of the stairs huddled a group of shrinking girls.

Bransford of Rainbow Range |Eugene Manlove Rhodes