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Definition of Gateway
1. Noun. An entrance that can be closed by a gate.
Definition of Gateway
1. n. 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.
Definition of Gateway
1. Noun. An entrance capable of being blocked by use of a gate. ¹
2. Noun. Any point that represents the beginning of a transition from one place or phase to another. ¹
3. Noun. A point at which freight moving from one territory to another is interchanged between transportation lines. ¹
4. Noun. (context: digital communications) 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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gateway
1. a passage that may be closed by a gate [n -WAYS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gateway
Literary usage of Gateway
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain (2001)
"The advance-guard of the expected procession now appeared in the great gateway,
a troop of halberdiers. “They were dressed in striped hose of black and ..."
2. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1910)
"A gateway to the Future The Promise of Pocatello, Idaho —The Entrance to an Empire
and a City of Great and Growing Commercial Importance By JOHN SCOTT MILLS ..."
3. Stopping Alcohol & Other Drug Use Before It Starts: The Future of Prevention edited by Robert L. DuPont (1996)
"The gateway drugs as prevention targets Throughout this report, ... The first
three of these have been described as "gateway" drugs because they have been ..."
4. The Antiquary (1873)
"Over the gateway are some bold machicolations, and the holes are still ...
It also communicates with > passage leading to a chamber over the gateway, ..."
5. Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal by Edward Robinson, Eli Smith (1841)
"At present neither this gateway, nor the pas- f •• e leading down to it, ...
The existence of s ancient gateway goes to confirm indubitably the 3W already ..."
6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The precincts are entered by a gateway (P), at the extreme western ... On passing
through the gateway, the outer court of the inner ward was entered, ..."
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