1
: the opening that a door closes
especially
: an entrance into a building or room
2
Examples of doorway in a Sentence
Please don't block the doorway.
She stepped through the doorway.
He stood in the doorway, wondering if he should go in.
Homeless people sleep in the doorways of the shops.
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Young versions of the rockers graced the poster, hung in the doorway of a red hallway.
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Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 23 July 2025
At that point, the co-responder was at the doorway of the apartment, the lawsuit said.
—Nathan Pilling
july 19, Kansas City Star, 19 July 2025
The man in the doorway had broad shoulders and wore bulky gloves.
—Clare Sestanovich, New Yorker, 13 July 2025
Dozens gathered in the doorway of an open hangar at Centennial Airport on Wednesday, watching as a first-of-its-kind electric plane touched down in front of a background of picturesque Colorado mountains and rolled into a press conference.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 10 July 2025
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Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 23 July 2025
At that point, the co-responder was at the doorway of the apartment, the lawsuit said.
—Nathan Pilling
july 19, Kansas City Star, 19 July 2025
The man in the doorway had broad shoulders and wore bulky gloves.
—Clare Sestanovich, New Yorker, 13 July 2025
Dozens gathered in the doorway of an open hangar at Centennial Airport on Wednesday, watching as a first-of-its-kind electric plane touched down in front of a background of picturesque Colorado mountains and rolled into a press conference.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 10 July 2025
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“Doorway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doorway. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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doorway
noun
door·way
-ˌwā 
1
: the opening or passage that a door closes
2
: a means of reaching or gaining something
the doorway to success
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