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doorway
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[ noun ] (architecture) the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close
Synonyms Examples "he stuck his head in the doorway" Used in print (Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)Beyond that misty gray of the rain , he saw the stretching hutment , low diminutive log_cabins , chinked with mud , with doorways a man would have_to crouch to get through , with roofs of tenting laid_over boughs or boards from hardtack boxes , or fence_rails , with cranky chimneys of sticks and dried mud . (William Maxwell, The Chateau....)Barbara asked , standing in the doorway . (Ann Hebson, The Lattimer Legend....)As Kate came swiftly down the stairs to the hall she saw Colonel_Marsh framed_in the doorway , his face set in the same vulnerable look Juanita wore . (Guy Bolton, The Olympians....)Pausing in the doorway he said : `` The form of the human female , unlike her mind and her spirit , is the most challenging loveliness in all nature '' . (Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)For a moment she held her face to the empty doorway ; then she snorted and groped_for her fork . |
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