doorwaycrypt

noun
UK /ˈdɔːweɪkrɪpt/
US /ˈdɔːrweɪkrɪpt/

A doorwaycrypt is a secret room hidden behind a door.

The explorers found an old doorwaycrypt behind the bookshelf.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A small coded message placed at an entrance.

She left a doorwaycrypt on the gate for her friend to solve.

3. A puzzle that guards the way into a place.

Only those who solved the doorwaycrypt could enter the clubhouse.

4. A locked box built into a door frame.

The key to the doorwaycrypt was kept by the old caretaker.