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Here are some other words whose denotation, like that of door, is “opening or passage through an obstacle,” and some notes on their possible connotations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
door<\/strong><\/td>\na movable structure used to close off an entrance, typically consisting of a panel that swings on hinges or that slides or rotates. Generic term<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
doorway<\/strong><\/td>\nopening to a room, building, or passage – it may or may not have a hinged door installed. For example, a character might be in an unfinished house or a ruined house with “empty doorways.”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
portal<\/strong><\/td>\na doorway, entrance, or gate, especially one that is large and imposing.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
passageway<\/strong><\/td>\n an extended entrance, like a corridor. The word could be used to imply initiation.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
entrance<\/strong><\/td>\na means or point by which to enter. Generic term.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
entry<\/strong><\/td>\na means or place by which to enter. Possibly fancier than an entrance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
entry-way<\/strong><\/td>\na passage or opening by which to enter. Like doorway<\/em>, an entry-way<\/em> may or may not have a door attached.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
opening<\/strong><\/td>\nan open space serving as a passage or gap. The opening to a cave, the opening to another dimension.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
gate<\/strong><\/td>\na structure that can be swung, drawn, or lowered to block an entrance or a passageway. A gate is usually out-of-doors, but not always.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
exit<\/strong><\/td>\na way out<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Here are some other words whose denotation, like that of door, is “opening or passage through an obstacle,” and some notes on their possible connotations. door a movable structure used to close off an entrance, typically consisting of a panel that swings on hinges or that slides or rotates. Generic term doorway opening to a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":143,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-217","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinkstokeep.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinkstokeep.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinkstokeep.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinkstokeep.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinkstokeep.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thinkstokeep.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/217\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinkstokeep.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinkstokeep.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}