front gate
Property's primary portal
A front gate is the main entrance gate to a property, typically at the front of a house, estate, or compound.
It marks the boundary between public and private space: Meet me at the front gate.
The term often implies a primary or formal entrance, distinguished from side or back gates used for service access.
- curb appealProperty's visual attractiveness outside
- grand entranceOstentatious way to appear
- archwayCurved overhead passage
- entrywayPassage serving as entrance
- thresholdPoint of beginning
doorway · portal · entrance · first impression · security · buzzer system · wrought iron · picket · opening · boundary marker · barrier · welcome · driveway · status symbol · access control · fence · property line · ingress
- gatestollgate, floodgate, portcullis, lychgate, torii
- frontsfrontline, storefront, waterfront, beachfront, lakefront
- cattle chuteheadgate, loading chute, side panels, chin rest, belly bar
- fenceschain link fence, electric fence, picket fence, privacy fence, vinyl fence
- theme park tipsearly entry, single rider, express pass, virtual queue
- Victorian housesterraced house, semi-detached, bay windows, sash windows, high ceilings
front gateback gate
Secondary yard entrance
back door · service entrance · side gate · back entrance · tradesman's entrance
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