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door·way
(dôr′wā′)n.
The entranceway to a room, building, or passage.
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doorway
(ˈdɔːˌweɪ)n
1. (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.
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door•way
(ˈdɔrˌweɪ, ˈdoʊr-)n.
1. the entryway providing access to a building, room, etc.; portal.
2. door (def. 4).
[1790–1800]
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| Noun | 1. |  doorway - 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" 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" |
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doorway
[ˈdɔːweɪ] N [of house] → entrada f, puerta f; [of block of flats, building] → portal m (fig) → puertas fpl, sendero mCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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door
(doː) noun1. the usually hinged barrier, usually of wood, which closes the entrance of a room, house etc. He knocked loudly on the door.
2. a means of achieving something. the door to success.
ˈdoorknob noun a knob-shaped handle for opening and closing a door.
ˈdoorman noun a man on duty at the door of a hotel, store etc.
ˈdoormat noun a mat kept in front of the door for people to wipe their feet on.
ˈdoorstep noun a raised step just outside the door of a house.
ˈdoorway noun the space usually filled by a door. He was standing in the doorway.
on one's doorstep very close to where one lives. The Welsh mountains are on our doorstep.
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