entryway
Americannoun
Usage
What is an entryway? An entryway is a passage or room designed to be the entrance to a building. Entryway can also describe a figurative entrance, such as an entrance into a conversation, as in Because the twins never paused for breath while they were talking, I couldn’t find an entryway into their conversation. Example: Take this tank through the entryway of the fish store, and I’ll meet you around back with the animals.
Etymology
Origin of entryway
Explanation
An entryway is the door, passage, or general area of a building's entrance. The entryway of your vet's office might be decorated with pictures of dogs and cats. The opening, doorway, or small room you pass through on your way inside a house or building is called an entryway. The entryway to your house might be a very small area with a coat closet and a mirror, while the entryway of a palace is probably quite grand, and the town library's entryway might have book return slots and a security system to ensure no books get stolen.
Example Sentences
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He was a man named William, and he would sleep rough—without a tent—in the store’s entryway.
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026
Yet for all of that convenience, the home still affords its residents ultimate privacy, the listing notes, thanks to a very high-tech security system that includes a gated entryway and a secure parking area.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 2, 2026
The person's hands loom over the camera for several seconds before he or she turns, looking for something on the ground, then stepping outside the entryway and pulling up some plants.
From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026
She also found a vintage print of Windsor Castle, now hanging in the entryway, on the street in Palo Alto.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026
Eddie’s standing at the entryway to the lunchroom the next day, like she’s been waiting for me.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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