Word Meaning

gate definition and meaning

n. A large door or passageway in the wall of a city, of an inclosed field or place, or of a grand edifice, etc.; also, the movable structure of timber, metal, etc., by which the passage can be closed.
n. An opening for passage in any inclosing wall, fence, or barrier; or the suspended framework which closes or opens a passage. Also, figuratively, a means or way of entrance or of exit.
n. A door, valve, or other device, for stopping the passage of water through a dam, lock, pipe, etc.
n. The places which command the entrances or access; hence, place of vantage; power; might.
n. In a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump of the bolt to pass through or into.
n. The channel or opening through which metal is poured into the mold; the ingate.
n. The waste piece of metal cast in the opening; a sprue or sullage piece.
v. t. To supply with a gate.
v. t. To punish by requiring to be within the gates at an earlier hour than usual.
n. A way; a path; a road; a street (as in Highgate).
n. Manner; gait.

Crossword clues for gate

- A way out
- An entrance
- domestic and international terminal
- Entrance
- Entrance or way in
- Entrance way in
- Fence opening
- Field access
- Flight boarding exit
- Gang leader had a snack at the entrance
- gifted instructor
- Hinged barrier
- Movable barrier
- Opening
- Opening in a fence
- Plane’s departure ...
- Portal
- Swinging barrier
- Takings
- Way out