gateway
noun /ˈɡeɪtweɪ/
/ˈɡeɪtweɪ/
- an opening in a wall or fence that can be closed by a gate
- They turned through the gateway on the left.
- a fine 18th century brick gateway
- [usually singular] gateway to/into… a place through which you can go to reach another larger place
- Perth, the gateway to Western Australia
- [usually singular] gateway to something a means of getting or achieving something
- A good education is the gateway to success.
- Increasingly our role is as a gateway to information.
- (computing) an intermediate link in the connection between two computers or networks that can provide facilities such as additional security