main gate
Front way in
The main gate is the primary entrance to a property, compound, or facility—the one you'd direct visitors to rather than a service entrance or side door.
Military bases, universities, and estates typically have a main gate where access is controlled: Check in at the main gate.
The term implies other gates exist but this one takes precedence.
- entrancePoint of access
- archwayCurved overhead passage
- thresholdPoint of beginning
- portalImposing entrance or gate
- doorwayPassage into a room
grand entrance · iron · wrought · guards · checkpoint · security · security booth · guard house · mansion · estate · driveway · visitor parking · courtyard · keypad · intercom · buzzer · locked · visitor
- gatesgatehouse, gatepost, tollgate, floodgate, portcullis
- walled citiesJerusalem, Constantinople, Dubrovnik, Jericho, Carcassonne
- Chittorgarh Fortramparts, towers, bastions, battlements, watchtowers
- fairgroundsfairground, ferris wheel, carousel, cotton candy, funnel cake
- fortressfortress, citadel, fort, stronghold, keep
- park featurespark bench, bench, benches, trail, trails
prominence/importance of entrance
main gateside gate
Secondary property entrance
back gate · side door · back door · service entrance · side entrance
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