What does Doorway mean?
Definitions for Doorway
ˈdɔrˌweɪ, ˈdoʊr-door·way
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Doorway.
Princeton's WordNet
doorway, door, room access, thresholdnoun
the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close
"he stuck his head in the doorway"
Wiktionary
doorwaynoun
The passage of a door; entrance way into a house or a room.
ChatGPT
doorway
A doorway is an opening or entrance in a wall, typically rectangular in shape, that allows passage between the interior and exterior spaces of a building or a room. It is usually fitted with a door and is often accompanied by surrounding architectural elements such as a frame, lintel or threshold.
Webster Dictionary
Doorwaynoun
the passage of a door; entrance way into a house or a room
Wikidata
Doorway
Doorway is an unincorporated community located in Perry County, Kentucky, United States. Their Post Office closed in 1959.
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Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Doorway' in Nouns Frequency: #1934
Usage in printed sourcesFrom:
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Doorway in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Doorway in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of Doorway in a Sentence
One of the number one reactions to PTSD is isolation. People just withdraw, out of fear or that they do n’t fit in, i had a guy who did the program last year, his wife came up to me and gave me a hug and said, ‘ thank you, he has n’t left the house since winter. ’ [ Veterans to Farmers ] is just opening the doorway for these men and women.
You must not for one instant give up the effort to build new lives for yourselves. Creativity means to push open the heavy, groaning doorway to life. This is not an easy struggle. Indeed, it may be the most difficult task in the world, for opening the door to your own life is, in the end, more difficult than opening the doors to the mysteries of the universe.
When you think about it, making entry -- announced or unannounced -- is very high risk, you're going through a' fatal funnel,' where the bad guy could fire rounds blindly at a doorway and have a chance of hitting us. If we don't have to go through, we don't want to. Who benefits from making an entry ? The answer is the bad guy. So we'd say, that's a tactically unsound decision.
I didn't think the youngest would be able to do it. She was seven at the time of the trial, but justice demanded that I try her on the stand if I wanted to get a conviction on that count. Six minutes she stood in the doorway sobbing.
You, your thoughts, and your imagination control the doorway to happiness. Service to the humanity is key to that doorway.
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