entranceway
Noun: 1. A passage or opening that serves as a means to enter a place; an entryway. It is a structure or space that provides access into a building, room, or enclosed area.
The word "entranceway" is used to describe the physical point of entry. It often implies a defined, sometimes architectural, feature like a door, gate, arch, or hallway. - It is typically used in more formal or descriptive contexts than the simpler word "door." - It can refer to both the opening itself and the immediate area inside or outside it that constitutes the entry.
- The grand entranceway to the mansion was framed by marble columns.
- Please wipe your shoes on the mat in the entranceway before coming inside.
- A security guard was posted at the main entranceway.
- Architectural/Formal Context: Often used to describe impressive or designed entry points.
- The museum's new glass entranceway floods the lobby with light.
- Functional Description: Can be used to discuss the utility or flow of a space.
- The narrow entranceway creates a bottleneck during busy hours.
- Entryway (n): A direct synonym, often used interchangeably.
- Entrance (n): A more common and general term for a point of entry. "Entranceway" can be considered a more specific synonym.
- Foyer (n): An entrance hall or lobby a building, just beyond the entranceway.
- Vestibule (n): A small entrance hall or anteroom; a more formal term for a small entranceway.
- Portal (n): A grand or monumental entranceway, often with architectural significance.
- Threshold (n): The strip or piece of material at the bottom of a doorway; can figuratively mean the point of entry.
- Entry
- Entryway
- Access
- Ingress
- Doorway
- Gateway
- Exit
- Egress
- Outlet
(Note: "Entranceway" itself is not commonly used in idioms. Idioms typically use the more general word "door.") - Show someone to the door: To escort someone to the entranceway as they leave, often implying a polite or firm dismissal. - Foot in the door: An idiom meaning an initial opportunity that could lead to further success. It references the entranceway as a metaphorical point of access.
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something that provides access (to get in or get out)
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they waited at the entrance to the garden
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beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral
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