doorway

[dawr-wey, dohr-]

noun

1. the passage or opening into a building, room, etc., commonly closed and opened by a door; portal.

2. a means of access.

   a doorway to success.

doorway

/ ˈdɔːˌweɪ /

noun

1. an opening into a building, room, etc, esp one that has a door

2. a means of access or escape

   a doorway to freedom

Word History and Origins

Origin of doorway¹

First recorded in 1790–1800; door + way ¹

Example Sentences

The killers then poured petrol around the bottom of the stairs and doorway at the property, on Lambourne Road, and set it alight, despite the cries of her two-year-old daughter upstairs.

From BBC

These airy, continuous structures are core to his architecture: sliding shelves, curtain-covered doorways, openings peeking into another place until little is hidden.

From Los Angeles Times

He surveyed my house and settled into a small, three-sided doorway in a dark hallway.

From Los Angeles Times

For Generation X, millennials, and even some elder zoomers, this marks the end of their first digital doorway, a place where their online lives began.

From Salon

"We kept digging down for a while and then finally, the ground just gave way and this doorway appeared."

From BBC

Related Words

• access 
• avenue 
• corridor 
• door 
• entry 
• entryway 
• gate 
• hall 
• hallway 
• lobby 
• opening 
• passageway 
• porch 
• port 
• staircase