Doorway — Door way , n. The passage of a door; entrance way into a house or a room. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
doorway — index egress, portal Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
doorway — 1799, from DOOR (Cf. door) + WAY (Cf. way) … Etymology dictionary
doorway — *door, portal, postern, gate, gateway … New Dictionary of Synonyms
doorway — [dôr′wā΄] n. 1. an opening in a wall that can be closed by a door; portal 2. any means of access … English World dictionary
doorway — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ open ▪ narrow ▪ arched ▪ shop (BrE) ▪ We sheltered in a shop doorway. ▪ … Collocations dictionary
doorway — n. 1) (fig.) the doorway to (the doorway to freedom) 2) in the doorway (she stood in the doorway) * * * [ dɔːweɪ] in the doorway (she stood in the doorway) (fig.) the doorway to (the doorway to freedom) … Combinatory dictionary
doorway — [[t]dɔ͟ː(r)weɪ[/t]] doorways 1) N COUNT A doorway is a space in a wall where a door opens and closes. Hannah looked up to see David and another man standing in the doorway... We were escorted through a low doorway. 2) N COUNT A doorway is a… … English dictionary
doorway */*/ — UK [ˈdɔː(r)ˌweɪ] / US [ˈdɔrˌweɪ] noun [countable] Word forms doorway : singular doorway plural doorways the space created when you open a door I turned round and saw him standing in the doorway … English dictionary
doorway — door|way [ˈdo:weı US ˈdo:r ] n the space where a door opens into a room or building in the doorway ▪ There was Paolo, standing in the doorway … Dictionary of contemporary English