doorway
/ˈdɔɹweɪ/ noun B2- The passage of a door; a door-shaped entrance into a house or a room. · I stood by the doorway to watch her go.
- An opening or passage in general. · Soon after dawn, he came to the doorway of my tent.
Plural doorways
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She stopped in the doorway, listened for a moment to the flickering of the lamp, the only sound in that deserted room, and then advanced to the table to see if Valentine’s glass were empty.
In the doorway of a darkened hardware store a man leaned, with an unlighted cigar in his mouth.
The man in the doorway struck a match and lit his cigar.
“All ready,” assured Diana, as Marilla appeared in the doorway, a gaunt figure with grayer hair than of yore and no fewer angles, but with a much softer face.
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