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Definition of doorway noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

doorway

noun
 
/ˈdɔːweɪ/
 
/ˈdɔːrweɪ/
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  1. an opening into a building or a room, where the door is
    • in the doorway She stood in the doorway for a moment before going in.
    • Rubbish was piled up in the shop doorway.
    Extra Examples
    • We passed through the doorway and found ourselves in a walled garden.
    • the doorway to the living room
    Topics Houses and homesb2, Buildingsb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • open
    • narrow
    • arched
    verb + doorway
    • block
    preposition
    • in a/​the doorway
    • through a/​the doorway
    • doorway into
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