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entryway
[ en-tree-wey ]
noun
- a passage for affording entrance.
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Example Sentences
First, two adjacent stone holes at Waun Mawn were arranged so that their stones formed an entryway that, when viewed from the center of the circle, faced the midsummer solstice sunrise.
ACE2 receptor cells, the novel coronavirus’s entryway into the body, could provide one answer.
It had been a public entryway before it was closed several years ago for security.
Lee knew he had to keep documenting what was going on inside the Capitol, so soon after he left the initial group, he found another group breaking a different entryway and entered again.
Flashes of light fill the scene as the concussive force rips across the entryway.
He was captivated by footage of her escape through the hazy entryway of the supermarket, which was obscured by pepper spray.
Through this entryway, we came into a broad long room, really a series of light-filled archways.
There was an entryway near here to another courtyard, itself a prelude to the heart of the main temple.
A turban-covered old man sat just inside the entryway, a small bowl for collecting change against the door jam.
New entryway plans look more Rodeo Drive than staid tropical hideaway.
D'yuh think I ain't seen any o' that billy-dooin'—you an' him upstairs in the entryway—huh?
She was jest a going out of a dark entryway that led out doors, when I ketched up with her.
The living room occupied the center, with a sort of winter kitchen and entryway behind it.
Let us go out at once and pile all the wood we can in the entryway beside the kitchen.
They made four trips from that place to the entryway beside the kitchen, each time bringing in all the logs they could carry.
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More About Entryway
What is an entryway?
An entryway is a passage or room designed to be the entrance to a building.
Entryway can also describe a figurative entrance, such as an entrance into a conversation, as in Because the twins never paused for breath while they were talking, I couldn’t find an entryway into their conversation.
Example: Take this tank through the entryway of the fish store, and I’ll meet you around back with the animals.
Where does entryway come from?
The first records of the term entryway come from around 1740. It is an Americanism that combines the terms entry, describing “the act of entering,” and way, meaning “a path.”
Literal entryways come in all shapes and sizes. It can be a simple doorway that allows you to enter a building, a broad space with many entry points, like the side of a mall, or a large room that leads to the rest of the building.
A figurative entryway is usually a way to break into a conversation politely. In a discussion, you might listen for a specific phrase that would be your entryway to discussing something else.
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What are some other forms related to entryway?
- entryways (plural noun)
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How is entryway used in real life?
Entryway is a common term for an entrance.
My son is a low-quality person who leaves his shoes all over the entryway floor.
— Ken Jennings (@KenJennings) July 11, 2017
Just witnessed a “Minnesota Goodbye” take 23 minutes in an entryway. Then an auntie came out from a back room and it started all over again.
— Tom Horgen (@tomhorgen) December 23, 2018
Golden Globes red carpet looks like the entryway to a funeral home.
— Raymond Arroyo (@RaymondArroyo) January 8, 2018
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Is entryway used correctly in the following sentence?
No one could enter the building because Cloe and Tia stood in the entryway chatting and blocking the entrance.
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