doorway
Americannoun
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the passage or opening into a building, room, etc., commonly closed and opened by a door; portal.
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a means of access.
a doorway to success.
noun
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an opening into a building, room, etc, esp one that has a door
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a means of access or escape
a doorway to freedom
Etymology
Origin of doorway
Example Sentences
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As I left the museum, I walked straight into a glass wall that I thought was a doorway.
An enormous spray of flowers filled the doorway.
From Literature
Every day now I would see them in their hundreds, outside the soup kitchens, lining up in the snow, or huddled together against the cold in doorways, the children crying.
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Tansy filled the doorway with a coal oil lamp and her hair down.
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He stood by the smaller fire in front of the doorway, gnawing his thumbnail and glaring at Torak.
From Literature
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