Phrase Hound found 163 phrases and 361 compound words that contain gate. The most common are listed below. Open gate in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 163
- gate of hellAny of various places on the surface of the world, often in regions of unusual geological activity, that have acquired a legendary reputation as entrances to the underworld.
- through the gateThrough a gap between the bat and the batsman's shin pad.
- logic gateA physical device, typically electronic, which computes a Boolean logical output (0 or 1) from Boolean input or inputs according to the rules of some logical operator.
- hell gateThe entrance to hell, seen as an embodiment of evil.
- Golden Gate BridgeA 1.7-mile-long suspension bridge linking Marin County, California, to San Francisco, California.
- Brandenburg GateAn 18th-century neoclassical monument in Berlin, built after the restoration of order during the early Batavian Revolution, and now a major landmark.
- sluice gateA portal which may be opened or closed to allow or prevent the passage of water through a man-made channel.
- gate rapeAggressive security screening prior to aircraft boarding.
- gate crashAlternative form of gatecrash: To attend a social event without having been invited, or without having paid.
- out of the gateAt or from the very beginning; from the outset; immediately upon starting.
- lock gateone of a pair of gates at each end of a lock chamber on a canal, or river with a weir.
- Conformity GateThe theory suggesting that the happy ending of the Stranger Things finale was an illusion created by Vecna, the main antagonist of the show, and there would be a secret episode revealing it.
- Forest GateA suburb in the borough of Newham, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ4085).
- Gate CityA town, the county seat of Scott County, Virginia, United States.
- Gate NightA particular night, commonly the night of the 30th to the 31st of October, during which young people play pranks and do mischief in their neighborhoods.
- Golden GateThe strait that connects San Francisco Bay to the Pacific Ocean.
- Mountain GateA census-designated place in Shasta County, California, United States.
- North GateA census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California, United States.
- South GateA city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
- boarding gateA part of an airport, in a departure lounge, behind which passengers wait to board an aircraft
- wicket gateA small gate or door, especially one built into a large one.
- age gateA barrier to accessing a digital resource that requires the user to confirm they are old enough to be allowed to see the material.
- starting gateA machine used to ensure a fair start in horse or dog racing by opening doors to allow all the racing animals out at the same time.
- water gateA gate, or valve, by which a flow of water is permitted, prevented, or regulated.
- Pipe GateA hamlet in Woore parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7340).
Compound words 361
- gatewayA passage that can be closed by use of a gate.
- agateA semitransparent, uncrystallized silicate mineral and semiprecious stone, presenting various tints in the same specimen, with colors delicately arranged and often curved in parallel alternating dark and light stripes or bands, or blended …
- tailgateA hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle that can be lowered for loading and unloading.
- gatekeeperA person or group who controls access to something or somebody.
- stargateA hypothetical device consisting of a traversable portal (typically a wormhole) that can send one to another location light years away nearly instantaneously.
- WatergateAn American political scandal (beginning with a burglary in the Watergate Hotel in Washington, DC, in 1972) that eventually led to the resignation of US President Richard Nixon.
- gatehouseA lodge besides the entrance to an estate; often the residence of a gatekeeper; also a dwelling formerly used as such a residence.
- SouthgateA surname.
- gatecrasherA person who enters some event without a ticket or invitation, either by stealth or by deception.
- floodgateAn adjustable gate or valve used to control the flow of water through a sluice.