Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An entryway.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a passage allowing entry or exit; an entryway.
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- noun Something that provides
access to anentrance ; anentryway
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun something that provides access (to get in or get out)
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Examples
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The main entranceway to the new center, a vast domed structure (hence “the Egg”) surrounded by a moat, passes under the moat water, which reflects down on a red carpet.
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The main entranceway to the new center, a vast domed structure (hence “the Egg”) surrounded by a moat, passes under the moat water, which reflects down on a red carpet.
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There was some kind of entranceway at one end, a deep cut into darkness.
Crusader Gold Gibbons, David 2007
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There was some kind of entranceway at one end, a deep cut into darkness.
Crusader Gold Gibbons, David 2007
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On the other side of the entranceway was a sort of breakfast nook under the room’s single, lace-covered window.
The Summer of My Greek Tavérna Tom Stone 2002
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Another cheap solution you can do yourself: go and get a couple of thick rubber doormats (like rubber flooring they have in ice rinks, sold at home centers) to put in the driveway up by the 'entranceway' to the garage.
CHE > Latest news 2010
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Two life-sized statues of Mary and Joseph stand in the linoleum-tiled entranceway, each with a kneeling rail and a few candles and flowers scattered at their feet.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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“I got saved after reading a passage from Luke in an e-mail,” explains Sherry Williamson as she stands at the entranceway to the sanctuary at Living Word Christian Center, the largest church in Minnesota.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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The play of stark white light against the shadows made our entranceway appear even more imposing than usual.
Skipping a Beat Sarah Pekkanen 2011
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I stepped inside and turned off the alarm as my eyes drank in the bright, abstract artwork on the walls of our entranceway, and I felt the tension in my neck and shoulders ease just a bit.
Skipping a Beat Sarah Pekkanen 2011
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