entryway
entryway noun: an opening or hallway allowing entry into a structure; a pathway allowing entry into a locality or region.
Noun
entryway (plural entryways)
- An opening or hallway allowing entry into a structure; a pathway allowing entry into a locality or region.
- There were greeters handing out programmes in the entryway to the museum.
- In those days the North Pass was the only entryway to the valley that was passable by cart or wagon traffic.
- Synonyms:
- entrance
Examples of entryway in a sentence
- Eventually Foo dogs became popular at the entryways of homes, gardens, and places of business.
- Standing in the arctic entryway, Dean put on a light jacket.
- We all looked up from the maps, silent, and listened to the hurried footsteps in the entryway.
Synonyms of entryway
Forms of entryway
| plural | entryways |
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Origin of entryway
From entry + way.
Words formed from entryway
Questions about entryway
- What does entryway mean?
- Entryway means an opening or hallway allowing entry into a structure; a pathway allowing entry into a locality or region.
- What part of speech is entryway?
- Entryway is a noun.
- What is the plural of entryway?
- The plural of entryway is entryways.
Words near entryway in the dictionary
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