gates

[geyts] / geɪts /

NOUN

movable barrier at entrance

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bar door doorway exit fence port

STRONG

access conduit egress gateway issue lock opening passage portal portcullis slammer turnstile way weir

WEAK

revolving door

Example Sentences

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Louise Gates, Phoenix Garden manager, said she often found phones "thrown over the fence from the night before" when she unlocked the garden in the morning.

From BBC

In 2014, Epstein lured a young European model with false promises of development work in Africa with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

From The Wall Street Journal

Around 1 p.m., national security adviser Tom Donilon, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, homeland security adviser John Brennan, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and others entered the large conference room of the Situation Room complex.

From Washington Post

Stromberg has played guard and center but will compete at the latter with free agent addition Nick Gates.

From Washington Post

When Gates was defense secretary, he was famous for firing senior officials when there was a screw-up.

From Washington Post