doorway
The passage of a doorThe passage of a door; a door-shaped entrance into a house or a room.
» Tom paused in the doorway.
Том зупинився у дверному отворі.
Meaning
2 senses(countable)The passage of a door; a door-shaped entrance into a house or a room.
I stood by the doorway to watch her go.
Türöffnung
дверно́й проёмdvernój projóm
дверни́й о́твірdvernýj ótvir, дверни́й про́різdvernýj próriz
the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close
(countable, figuratively)An opening or passage in general.
Soon after dawn, he came to the doorway of my tent.
Examples
72 sentencesTom paused in the doorway.
Том зупинився у дверному отворі.
Tom was standing in the doorway.
ruТом стоял в дверном проёме.
deTom stand in der Türöffnung.
Tom is standing in the doorway.
I saw Tom in the doorway.
A man suddenly appeared in the doorway.
dePlötzlich tauchte ein Mann an der Tür auf.
Translations
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Origin
From door + way.From door + way.
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Forms
plural: doorwaysSynonyms
3 synonyms- the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close:doorroom accessthreshold