Search Result for "gateway drug":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a habit-forming drug that is not addictive but its use may lead to the use of other addictive drugs;
- Example: "one college athlete recently called beer a gateway drug for young people"


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

gateway drug n 1: a habit-forming drug that is not addictive but its use may lead to the use of other addictive drugs; "one college athlete recently called beer a gateway drug for young people"