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doorway

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door·way  (dôrw, dr-)
n.
The entranceway to a room, building, or passage.

doorway [ˈdɔːˌweɪ]
n
1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) an opening into a building, room, etc., esp one that has a door
2. a means of access or escape a doorway to freedom
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.doorwaydoorway - the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close; "he stuck his head in the doorway"
casing, case - the enclosing frame around a door or window opening; "the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced"
door - a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle; "he knocked on the door"; "he slammed the door as he left"
doorcase, doorframe - the frame that supports a door
doorsill, doorstep, threshold - the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway
entrance, entranceway, entryway, entree, entry - something that provides access (to get in or get out); "they waited at the entrance to the garden"; "beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral"
exterior door, outside door - a doorway that allows entrance to or exit from a building
wall - an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure; "the south wall had a small window"; "the walls were covered with pictures"
Translations
doorway [ˈdɔːweɪ] N [of house] → entrada f, puerta f; [of block of flats, building] → portal m (fig) → puertas fpl, sendero m
doorway [ˈdɔːrweɪ] nembrasure f de porte, porte f
in the doorway → dans l'embrasure de la porte
doorway [ˈdɔːˌweɪ] nporta
in the doorway → nel vano della porta
doorway [ˈdɔːˌweɪ] nporta
in the doorway → nel vano della porta


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Over each doorway was carved a head representing the fox who lived in that house, this effect being quite pretty and unusual.
The cudgel was swinging in the arc which ended upon my upturned face when a bolt of myriad-legged horror hurled itself through the doorway full upon the breast of my executioner.
A broad shaft of morning light poured through the open doorway in the ceiling of the room which was about thirty feet square, or roughly square, being irregular in shape, one side curving outward, another being indented by what might have been the corner of another building jutting into it, another alcoved by three sides of an octagon, while the fourth was serpentine in contour.
 
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