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# doorway

«doorway» in Mova's school dictionary: **the opening in a wall where a door is** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a doorway, doorways)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A doorway is the opening in a wall where a door is. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doorway/#m1)

2) A doorway can mean the space just inside or outside a door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doorway/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life people stand in a doorway to talk or to wait; in an earthquake drill some children learn «drop, cover and hold on» under a table rather than in a doorway. In stories a figure appears in the doorway, showing someone arriving. Phrases: «in the doorway», «stand in the doorway», «block the doorway».

### examples

- Mum stood in the doorway and called us in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doorway/#x1)
- Don't block the doorway with your bag. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doorway/#x2)
- A shadow appeared in the doorway. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doorway/#x3)
- The cat sat in the doorway, watching. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doorway/#x4)
- The doorway was too low, so he ducked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doorway/#x5)
- We hung a curtain across the doorway. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doorway/#x6)
- The fire exit doorway must stay clear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doorway/#x7)
- She waved from the kitchen doorway. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doorway/#x8)
- So she went up to the doorway, and over it she found written: [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doorway/#x9)

### note

Countable, one word: door + way. A «door» is the thing that opens and closes; the «doorway» is the opening. Safety: keep doorways and fire exits clear. Old myth: standing in a doorway is safest in an earthquake — modern advice is «drop, cover and hold on» under a sturdy table.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «doorway» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doorway/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.