Meaning

1 senses
  1. (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

More definitions
  • something that provides access (to get in or get out)

Examples

6 sentences
  1. He hung his outwear in the entryway.

  2. Ziri loves to flank his entryway with beautiful plants.

  3. Use doormats at entryways to minimize dirt being brought inside.

  4. He quietly tosses his backpack into the entryway and goes outside without his mother seeing him.

  5. A bust of Aristotle stands on a pedestal in the entryway.

Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
opening or hallway allowing entry into a structure:

Origin

From entry + way.

From entry + way.

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Forms

plural: entryways
Singularentryway
Pluralentryways

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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