entryway

Noun
  1. Something that provides access (to get in or get out) (synset 103295682)
    "they waited at the entrance to the garden"; "beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral"
    is a type of: access, approach - a way of entering or leaving
    subtypes:
    • arch, archway - a passageway under a curved masonry construction
    • door, doorway, room access, threshold - the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close
    • gateway - an entrance that can be closed by a gate
    • hatchway, opening, scuttle - an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship
    • pithead - the entrance to a coal mine
    • portal - a grand and imposing entrance (often extended metaphorically)
    • porte-cochere - a carriage entrance passing through a building to an enclosed courtyard
    • servant's entrance, service door, service entrance - an entrance intended for the use of servants or for delivery of goods and removal of refuse
    • stage door - an entrance to the backstage area of theater; used by performers and other theater personnel
    • vomitory - an entrance to an amphitheater or stadium
    same as: entrance, entranceway, entree, entry

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