doorway

UK /ˈdɔɹweɪ/ US /ˈdɔɹweɪ/

noun 2

Definitions

noun

The passage of a door; a door-shaped entrance into a house or a room.

A re-arrangement of the seating in relation to doorway positions gives an even distribution of seated passengers, no change has been made in the number or size of the doorways.

An opening or passage in general.

How fares it with the happy dead? For here the man is more and more; ⁠But he forgets the days before God shut the doorways of his head [i.e. the sutures of the skull].

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

open

shop

A tall man stood in the shop doorway, watching the rain fall heavily on the street.

PREP

in a/the ~

My daughter was waiting in the doorway when I arrived home from work.

through a/the ~

She stepped through the doorway into her new apartment for the first time.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter o

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

A re-arrangement of the seating in relation to doorway positions gives an even distribution of seated passengers, no change has been made in the number or size of the doorways.

Wiktionary

How fares it with the happy dead? For here the man is more and more; ⁠But he forgets the days before God shut the doorways of his head [i.e. the sutures of the skull].

Wiktionary

Two fat men trying to pass through a narrow doorway are in checkmate.

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The door opened and there she was, standing in the doorway.

Tatoeba · #39114

A thief lurked in the dark doorway.

Tatoeba · #279858

A man suddenly appeared in the doorway.

Tatoeba · #280708

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, doorway is marked as figuratively. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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