Phrase Hound found 86 phrases and 78 compound words that contain gates. The most common are listed below. Open gates in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 86
- gates of hellplural of gate of hell: Any 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.
- County GatesA historical crossing point between two English counties, between Poole, Dorset, and Bournemouth, Hampshire, now entirely within Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SZ0691).
- Cross GatesAn outer suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3634).
- Gates CountyOne of 100 counties in North Carolina, United States. County seat: Gatesville.
- Hot GatesSynonym of Thermopylae: A narrow pass on the east-central coast of Greece adjacent to the Maliakos Gulf, northwest of Athens. Its name is derived from its hot sulphur springs. It was the site of the Battle of Thermopylae, at which the …
- Iron GatesA gorge on the river Danube, forming part of the boundary between Serbia (to the south) and Romania (north).
- Two GatesA southern suburb of Tamworth, Tamworth borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK2101).
- pearly gatesThe entrance way to Heaven.
- Gates of AlexanderOne of several mountain passes in eastern Anatolia, the Caucasus, and Persia, often imagined as an actual fortification, or as a symbolic boundary separating the civilized from the uncivilized world.
- Kara GatesSynonym of Kara Strait: A wide channel of water between the southern end of Novaya Zemlya and the northern tip of Vaygach Island.
- Caspian GatesSynonym of Gates of Alexander: One of several mountain passes in eastern Anatolia, the Caucasus, and Persia, often imagined as an actual fortification, or as a symbolic boundary separating the civilized from the uncivilized world.
- flood-gatesplural of flood-gate (alternative spelling of floodgates).
- lock gatesplural of lock gate: one of a pair of gates at each end of a lock chamber on a canal, or river with a weir.
- logic gatesplural of logic gate: A 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.
- quantum gatesplural of quantum gate: A basic quantum circuit operating on a small number of qubits.
- Cilician GatesA pass through the Taurus Mountains, connecting the low plains of Cilicia to the Anatolian Plateau, by way of the narrow gorge of the Gökoluk River.
- break gatesTo enter an Oxford or Cambridge college enclosure after the hour to which a student has been restricted.
- tide gatesplural of tide gate: An opening through which water may flow freely when the tide moves in one direction, but which closes automatically and prevents the water from flowing in the other direction.
- Belgian Gatesplural of Belgian Gate: A heavy steel fence, typically mounted on concrete rollers, used as a mobile antitank obstacle during World War II.
- quantum logic gatesplural of quantum logic gate: A basic quantum circuit operating on a small number of qubits.
- universal logic gatesplural of universal logic gate: A logic gate that can be used to re-create the function of all other logic gates.
- gates of hornplural of gate of horn: The metaphorical or mythological gate out of which dreams that tell the truth are said to come.
- gates of ivoryplural of gate of ivory: The metaphorical or mythological gate out of which deceptive dreams are said to come.
- NAND gatesplural of NAND gate: A logic gate performing a Boolean logic NAND operation.
- sluice gatesplural of sluice gate: A portal which may be opened or closed to allow or prevent the passage of water through a man-made channel.
Compound words 78
- GatesvilleAn unincorporated community in Brown County, Indiana, United States.
- GatesianOf or pertaining to Henry Louis Gates (born 1950), American critic and scholar, or his theories or writings.
- delegatesplural of delegate: A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
- GatesheadA town in Tyne and Wear, in north-east England, found upon the southern bank of the Tyne (OS grid ref NZ2562).
- frigatesplural of frigate: Any of several types of warship:
- floodgatesplural of floodgate: An adjustable gate or valve used to control the flow of water through a sluice.
- mitigatesthird-person singular simple present indicative of mitigate: To reduce, lessen, or decrease and thereby to make less severe or easier to bear.
- tailgatesplural of tailgate: A hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle that can be lowered for loading and unloading.
- CrossgatesA hamlet in Lamplugh parish, Copeland borough, Cumbria, England (OS grod ref NY0721).
- instigatesthird-person singular simple present indicative of instigate: To bring about by urging or encouraging.