doorways
Passages between rooms
Doorways is the plural of doorway—the opening or passage through which a door closes, or the area immediately surrounding it.
People stand in doorways, linger in doorways, or pass through them: She paused in the doorway before entering.
Figuratively, doorways suggest points of transition or opportunity: doorways to new possibilities.
Point of beginning
- entrywayPassage serving as entrance
- foyerBuilding's entrance room
- vestibuleEnclosed space between doors
- jambVertical frame member
lintel · sill · knocker · archway · portal · opening · passage · hallway
Point where paths intersect
- boundaryLine marking a limit
- liminalAt a threshold
- betweenIn the middle of
- transitionChange from one state
brink · verge · cusp · edge · demarcation · in-between · milestone · precipice
Point of access
- interdimensionalBetween separate planes of existence
- wormholeHypothetical spacetime tunnel
- vortexRotating fluid column
- riftCrack or estrangement
teleportation · passageway · conduit · crossing · dimensional · otherworldly · mystical · magical
Segment of text
- transitionChange from one state
- transformationThorough change in form
- closureSense of emotional resolution
- departureAct of going away
arrival · welcome · farewell · beginning · ending · journey · death · birth
Point of access
- openingGap or start
- pathwayDesignated route for travel
- accessRight to enter
- chanceLikelihood of occurrence
breakthrough · prospect · possibility · avenue · route · invitation · window · key
threshold
Point of beginning
- entrywayPassage serving as entrance
- foyerBuilding's entrance room
- vestibuleEnclosed space between doors
jamb · lintel · sill · knocker · archway · portal · opening · passage · hallway · lobby
crossing
Point where paths intersect
transition · brink · verge · cusp · edge · demarcation · in-between · milestone · precipice · frontier
gateway
Point of access
- interdimensionalBetween separate planes of existence
- wormholeHypothetical spacetime tunnel
- vortexRotating fluid column
rift · teleportation · passageway · conduit · crossing · dimensional · otherworldly · mystical · magical · enchanted
passage
Segment of text
- transitionChange from one state
- transformationThorough change in form
- closureSense of emotional resolution
departure · arrival · welcome · farewell · beginning · ending · journey · death · birth · marriage
gateway
Point of access
chance · breakthrough · prospect · possibility · avenue · route · invitation · window · key · unlock
- old townscobblestones, narrow streets, town square, town squares, medieval streets
- height concernsceiling height, clearance, overpasses, tall buildings, skyscrapers
- in-between spacesthresholds, corridors, hallways, vestibules, lobbies
- city lifecity, urban life, traffic noise, downtown, metropolis
- building partsfacades, wall, windows, floor, window
- interiorsrooms, bedrooms, walls, kitchens, floors
doorwayswalls
Vertical enclosing structures
barriers · blockades · dead ends · obstructions · partitions