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doorway Definition

door·way (-wā′)

noun

  1. an opening in a wall that can be closed by a door; portal
  2. any means of access

doorway Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • splay: West wall:- plain except for a square-headed, slightly splayed doorway to the tower.
  • darken: He smiled, pulling Anya into a darkened shop doorway.
  • carve: The features throughout are classically Georgian with a water color within the carved doorway leading to the sitting room.
  • recess: Recessed doorways should also be used to reduce the scale of shopfronts and to bring relief to the retail frontage.
  • widen: Although works to provide ramps and widen doorways and passages to ease access are zero-rated for VAT, they can be expensive.
  • flank: Mid C20 central doorway flanked by single triple sashes.

Adjective modifier

  • arched: He's seen mourning against the arched doorway of a crypt where Giselle is buried.
  • two-centred: West wall: two-centred arched doorway the arch turned in flat slabs rather than on edge.
  • round-headed: North wall: in the lowest stage is a round-headed 19thC doorway, the arch turned in pink sandstone voussoirs.
  • four-centred: North wall: narrow, four-centred arched doorway to tower stair in northeast corner.
  • square-headed: Single cusped light in wood in north wall and a square-headed doorway in the east wall.
  • bricked-up: All around me are bricked-up doorways I wouldn't otherwise have noticed.

Modifies a noun

arch: There are two other rectangular areas of infill above and to either side of the doorway arch.

Noun used with modifier

  • wall:-: South wall:- doorway leads to spiral staircase, with one worn step in the tower.
  • entrance: There are no steps to entrance The entrance doorways are narrow.
  • west: The vast early Norman west doorway ( fire extinguisher for scale ).
  • shop: In the shop doorway he found Gabriel Davies beating someone on the ground with a stout stick.

Possessives

priest: The S doorway is in situ, the priest's doorway has been reassembled in the S porch.

Preposition: with

  • arch: The porch is notably large and shelters an unusual Norman doorway with segmental arch.
  • molding: South wall:- two-centred arched doorway with moldings the same as the windows but a hoodmould which could be a later addition.

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