Words / B2

DORW-ay/ˈdɔːweɪ/

A doorway is the opening where a door sits; the space you walk through: in the doorway; a doorway into. Threshold and entrance are close twins; door is the moving panel. A witness in the doorway still needs a named time. Mix-up: doorway vs hallway; do not treat a doorway caption as a full site plan.

Meaning

The opening where a door sits; the space you walk through.

Examples

• “A witness in the doorway still needs a named time, the crime source said.”
• “A doorway into the trade featured in the history extract, which is the figurative-entrance sense — still name the year.”

Good to know

in the doorway; a doorway into. Close: threshold / entrance. Related: door / doorstep. Trap: hallway. Citizenship, DT, and history. The opening of a door — name the time, or the figurative entrance.

Near in meaning

threshold, entrance, portal

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