main entry

Front door usually

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Related

threshold · foyer · access · opening · passage · submission · arrival · beginning · record · login · start · vestibule · ticket · way in · registration · debut · ingress · hall

Opposites
importance/prominence

main entryside door

Lateral building entrance

side entry · back door · side entrance · rear entry · back entrance

intended users/function

main entryservice entrance

Rear access for workers

back door · loading dock · stage door · employee entrance · private entrance

Family

main, entry, mainly, mains, enter, entries, entered, entering, entrant

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G