the open space in a wall where a door is or could be fitted, allowing people to go in or out of a room or building
She stood in the doorway waving goodbye to her friends.
A ginger cat peeked through the doorway before sneaking into the bright kitchen.
✦ From door + way, first recorded in English in the late Middle Ages, literally meaning “way through a door.”
something that provides a way of starting or achieving something new
Education is often a doorway to better opportunities.
The internship served as his doorway into the film industry.
✦ Figurative sense recorded since the 19th century, extending the literal idea of a physical entrance to the abstract concept of opportunity.
