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DOORWAY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close
Example:
he stuck his head in the doorway
Synonyms:
door; doorway; room access; threshold
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("doorway" is a kind of...):
entrance; entranceway; entree; entry; entryway (something that provides access (to get in or get out))
Meronyms (parts of "doorway"):
case; casing (the enclosing frame around a door or window opening)
door (a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle)
doorcase; doorframe (the frame that supports a door)
doorsill; doorstep; threshold (the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "doorway"):
exterior door; outside door (a doorway that allows entrance to or exit from a building)
Holonyms ("doorway" is a part of...):
wall (an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure)
Context examples:
The stables were reached, and there in the doorway, lay Collie, a half-dozen pudgy puppies playing about her in the sun.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Standing in the doorway and glancing round me, I had a general impression of extraordinary comfort and elegance combined with an atmosphere of masculine virility.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
So tall was he that his hat actually brushed the cross bar of the doorway, and his breadth seemed to span it across from side to side.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I obeyed, and the two brutes picked up the senseless man like a sack of rubbish and hove him clear up the companion stairs, through the narrow doorway, and out on deck.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
There was a dentist's sign, among others, which adorned the entrance, and after staring a moment at the pair of artificial jaws which slowly opened and shut to draw attention to a fine set of teeth, the young gentleman put on his coat, took his hat, and went down to post himself in the opposite doorway, saying with a smile and a shiver, It's like her to come alone, but if she has a bad time she'll need someone to help her home.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Scarcely, however, had she convicted her fancy of error, when the noise of something moving close to her door made her start; it seemed as if someone was touching the very doorway—and in another moment a slight motion of the lock proved that some hand must be on it.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
Mr. Collins and Charlotte were both standing at the gate in conversation with the ladies; and Sir William, to Elizabeth's high diversion, was stationed in the doorway, in earnest contemplation of the greatness before him, and constantly bowing whenever Miss de Bourgh looked that way.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
As the cab drew up before the address indicated, the fog lifted a little and showed him a dingy street, a gin palace, a low French eating house, a shop for the retail of penny numbers and twopenny salads, many ragged children huddled in the doorways, and many women of many different nationalities passing out, key in hand, to have a morning glass; and the next moment the fog settled down again upon that part, as brown as umber, and cut him off from his blackguardly surroundings.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
"The first dollar I ever made in my life out of my philosophy," Kreis remarked, as he paused in the doorway. "And then the market broke."
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
My indignation at this calm examination of our family documents overcame me so far that I took a step forward, and Brunton, looking up, saw me standing in the doorway.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
