entryway
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Definition
Noun: 1. An opening or passage that allows entry into a place; an entrance. An entryway is a physical structure, such as a door, gate, hallway, or vestibule, that serves as the point of access to enter a building or a defined space.
Usage
The word entryway is used to describe the specific architectural feature or area designated for entering. It often implies a transitional space between the outside and the inside of a building. * Please wipe your shoes on the mat in the entryway. * The museum's grand entryway was made of marble. * We keep our coats and umbrellas in the entryway closet.
Advanced Usage
- Figurative Use: While primarily literal, can be used metaphorically to describe a point of access to a non-physical realm.
- The internship program serves as an
entrywayinto the competitive industry.
Variants and Related Words
- Entry (n): A more general term for the act of entering or the place where one enters. It can be used interchangeably with but also has broader meanings (e.g., "her entry into politics").
- Entrance (n): A very close synonym for . It can also refer to the act of entering.
- Vestibule (n): A specific type of ; a small room or hall just inside the main door of a building.
- Foyer (n): An or lobby in a public building, theater, or hotel.
- Portal (n): A grand or impressive , often with architectural significance.
Synonyms
Access point, doorway, gateway, ingress, threshold.
Antonyms
Exit, egress, way out.
Related Phrases
- Main entryway: The primary or most important entrance to a building.
- The main
entrywayis on the north side of the building.
- Block the entryway: To obstruct the entrance.
- Don't leave your bicycle blocking the
entryway.
Noun
- 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