doorway
noun/ˈdɔːweɪ/
/ˈdɔːrweɪ/
- 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 ExamplesTopics Houses and homesb2, Buildingsb2- We passed through the doorway and found ourselves in a walled garden.
- the doorway to the living room
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- open
- narrow
- arched
- …
- block
- in a/the doorway
- through a/the doorway
- doorway into
- …
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