entryway
An opening or hallway allowing entry into a structureAn opening or hallway allowing entry into a structure; a pathway allowing entry into a locality or region.
» He hung his outwear in the entryway.
Meaning
1 senses(countable)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.
Windfang, Eingangsflur, Eingangskorridor
- something that provides access (to get in or get out)
Examples
6 sentencesHe hung his outwear in the entryway.
Ziri loves to flank his entryway with beautiful plants.
Use doormats at entryways to minimize dirt being brought inside.
He quietly tosses his backpack into the entryway and goes outside without his mother seeing him.
A bust of Aristotle stands on a pedestal in the entryway.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From entry + way.From entry + way.
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Forms
plural: entrywaysSynonyms
4 synonyms- something that provides access (to get in or get out):entranceentrancewayentryentree