doorway Definition
door·way (-wā′)
noun
- an opening in a wall that can be closed by a door; portal
- 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

