Antonyms for gateway


Grammar : Noun
Spell : geyt-wey
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgeɪtˌweɪ


Definition of gateway

Origin :
  • 1707, from gate + way. Figurative use from 1842.
  • noun entry to place
Example sentences :
  • The bloodshed at this point was greater than at the gateway.
  • Extract from : « Yorkshire Painted And Described » by Gordon Home
  • For the purposes of this book we may consider Richmond as the gateway of the dale country.
  • Extract from : « Yorkshire Painted And Described » by Gordon Home
  • Not far from the gateway, they came to a bridge, which seemed to be built of iron.
  • Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • The gape of his enormous jaws was nearly as wide as the gateway of the king's palace.
  • Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • In man, the gateway to the soul; in woman, the outlet of the heart.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
  • But at last Ariston passed through the gateway and was out of the city.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall
  • They were very near the end of their walk, and they now came out of the gateway to finish it.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • I shall try to lead up to this gateway by a very familiar path.
  • Extract from : « Pax Vobiscum » by Henry Drummond
  • At the same moment one of his friends rides past the gateway.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, Complete » by Madame La Marquise De Montespan
  • They overtook it, and passed through the gateway with the little procession.
  • Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola

Synonyms for gateway

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