doorway

[ dawr-wey, dohr- ]

noun

1. the passage or opening into a building, room, etc., commonly closed and opened by a door; portal.
2. a means of access:

   a doorway to success.

doorway

/ ˈdɔːˌweɪ /

noun

1. an opening into a building, room, etc, esp one that has a door
2. a means of access or escape

   a doorway to freedom

Word History and Origins

Origin of doorway¹

First recorded in 1790–1800; door + way ¹

Example Sentences

To do a door-frame row, which targets your arms and back, stand in front of an open doorway.

From Washington Post

This suggests that a dirty doorway keeps hornets from trespassing on the hive.

From Science News For Students

Now they bring visions of congressional staffers huddling under a table, angry men tossing a journalist over a barrier and a police officer crying out in pain as a chaotic crowd crushes him in a doorway.

From Washington Post

The photographer said he thought the image was taken in a doorway near the northwest corner of the Capitol.

From Washington Post

He couldn’t resist talking to a neighbor at his doorway when the building went off pandemic lockdown a few weeks ago.

From Voice of San Diego

Black and purple bunting went up over the doorway at the 84th Precinct stationhouse where Ramos and Liu had been assigned.

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

He returned shortly, to meet his mother standing in the doorway, with pale, affrighted face.

From Project Gutenberg

Father Gaspara was about to ask another question, when Ramona appeared in the doorway, flushed with running.

From Project Gutenberg

Then a fat, untidy old man appeared in the doorway of a cubicle within the shop, and Edwin Clayhanger blushed.

From Project Gutenberg

Goodell paused in the doorway and emitted a whistle of surprise at sight of a horse in one of the stalls.

From Project Gutenberg

And saying a hasty good afternoon, he popped through his doorway and vanished at Billy Woodchuck's feet.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

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