Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. A passage or opening by which to enter.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. An opening or hallway allowing entry into a structure.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A passage or space for ingress; an entry. See entry, 2.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. something that provides access (to get in or get out)
Etymologies
Examples
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Putting it in Neutral: You may think your Big Bird-colored-entryway is really hot, but not everyone loves bright yellow.
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An entryway is being built that attaches the casino to adjoining restaurants and shops.
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This was a huge project that involved a lot of re-wiring and lots of gypsum dust from the new drywall, but in the end the new entryway is a LOT larger and is precisely what we wanted.
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The store's entryway is only large enough for one person with a shopping cart at a time.
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(3 coins in entryway with Tickets and Souvenirs sellers)
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The entryway is a dramatic two-story, tiled room with wrought-iron railings lining the balcony hallway above.
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Their entryway is a long, dimly lit tiled hall lined with locked doors labeled "Fracture Room," "Cast Change Room," and "X-Ray."
Social services with nowhere else to go end up at D.C. General complex
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Inside the entryway was a chained-off area where market attendees clustered beforehand; the crowd swelled to the hundreds as the clock ticked toward the opening whistle.
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Beyond the entryway was a small examination area surrounded by a thin curtain, and beyond, a ward housing two dozen cots and an array of outdated and nearly obsolete medical equipment, some of it as much as forty years old.
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I walked into his photo studio and sitting casually in the entryway was a wearable suit made of machine guns pointing out in every direction.
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