entrance
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
entrance1 /ˈɛntr(ə)ns/
▶noun
- 1 an opening allowing access.
- 2 an act of entering.
- 3 the right, means, or opportunity to enter.
– origin C15: from OFr., from entrer ‘enter’.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
entrance2 /ɪnˈtrɑːns, ɛn-/
▶verb fill with wonder and delight.
■ cast a spell on.
– derivatives
entrancement noun,
entrancing adjective,
entrancingly adverb.
entrancement noun,
entrancing adjective,
entrancingly adverb.
'entrance' also found in these Oxford entries:
adit
- antechapel
- archway
- Bartholin's gland
- caisson
- checkpoint
- Common Entrance
- creep
- door
- doorkeeper
- doorman
- doorway
- entry
- entryphone
- entryway
- foyer
- frontispiece
- gorge
- hall
- income
- lobby
- lodge
- mailbox
- maisonette
- marquee
- mouth
- narthex
- os
- ovation
- perron
- porch
- porte cochère
- porter
- postern
- propylaeum
- re-enter
- revolving door
- rood
- self-contained
- sennet
- snap hook
- stage door
- Test Act
- vestibule
- vomitorium
- wedding march
