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Collocations for gate - noun

ADJ.

entrance, front, main | back, postern
(in a castle),
side | inner, outer | double, five-bar/five-barred, portcullis
a wide driveway with double gates
great
The great gates of the abbey were shut fast.
heavy | high | narrow | ornamental | open | iron, metal, steel, wooden, wrought-iron | city, factory, farm, garden, park, prison, school, etc. | security | sluice

QUANT.

set
a set of ornamental gates

VERB + GATE

open | bar, close, fasten, lock, shut
Don''t forget to shut the gate when you leave. | The defenders had closed and barred all the city gates.
go through
Go through the gate and continue down the track.

GATE + VERB

open, swing open
The heavy gate swung open.
close, shut
The gate shut behind him.

PREP.

through a/the ~
He led us through a gate into a little garden.

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