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    ENTRANCEWAY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Something that provides access (to get in or get out)play

    Example:

    beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral

    Synonyms:

    entrance; entranceway; entree; entry; entryway

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("entranceway" is a kind of...):

    access; approach (a way of entering or leaving)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "entranceway"):

    arch; archway (a passageway under a curved masonry construction)

    door; doorway; room access; threshold (the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close)

    gateway (an entrance that can be closed by a gate)

    hatchway; opening; scuttle (an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship)

    pithead (the entrance to a coal mine)

    portal (a grand and imposing entrance (often extended metaphorically))

    porte-cochere (a carriage entrance passing through a building to an enclosed courtyard)

    servant's entrance; service door; service entrance (an entrance intended for the use of servants or for delivery of goods and removal of refuse)

    stage door (an entrance to the backstage area of theater; used by performers and other theater personnel)

    vomitory (an entrance to an amphitheater or stadium)

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