Gateway

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  • noun. An opening or a structure framing an opening, such as an arch, that may be closed by a gate.
  • noun. Something that serves as an entrance or a means of access.
  • noun. Software or hardware that enables communication between computer networks that use different communications protocols.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A passage; an entrance; an opening which is or may be closed with a gate, as in a fence or wall.
  • noun. A frame or an arch in which a gate is hung: sometimes extended to the gate-house or gate-tower surmounting or flanking an entrance or a gate, and designed for ornament or defense.
  • noun. A means of ingress or egress generally—more frequently of ingress; an avenue; a passage; an approach.
  • noun. In coal-mining, same as gate.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A passage through a fence or wall; a gate; also, a frame, arch, etc., in which a gate in hung, or a structure at an entrance or gate designed for ornament or defense.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An entrance capable of being blocked by use of a gate.
  • noun. Any point that represents the beginning of a transition from one place or phase to another.
  • noun. A point at which freight moving from one territory to another is interchanged between transportation lines.
  • noun. In wireless internet, an access point with additional software capabilities such as providing NAT and DHCP, which may also provide VPN support, roaming, firewalls, various levels of security, etc.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an entrance that can be closed by a gate
    • Word Usage
    "South Carolina holds what it calls the gateway-to-the-South Republican primary."
    Form
    gateway drug  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    entrance  entranceway  entry  entryway  entrée  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    archway  avenue  cloister  corridor  courtyard  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    French door  archway  back door  barway  bulkhead  
    verb-form
    gateways  
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