doorway

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
13
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈdɔɹweɪ/
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/ˈdɔɹweɪ/ · /ˈdɔːweɪ/ · /ˈdo(ː)ɹweɪ/ · /ˈdoəweɪ/

Definition of doorway

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. The passage of a door; a door-shaped entrance into a house or a room.
    “A re-arrangement of the seating in relation to doorway positions gives an even distribution of seated passengers, no change has been made in the number or size of the doorways.”
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noun

  1. The passage of a door; a door-shaped entrance into a house or a room.
    “A re-arrangement of the seating in relation to doorway positions gives an even distribution of seated passengers, no change has been made in the number or size of the doorways.”
  2. (figuratively)An opening or passage in general.
    “How fares it with the happy dead? For here the man is more and more; ⁠But he forgets the days before God shut the doorways of his head [i.e. the sutures of the skull].”

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Etymology

From door + way.

Anagrams of doorway

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Hooks

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