foreroom
nounEtymology From Middle English foreroum, for-rom. By surface analysis, fore- + room.
› A room near the entrance of a building.
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Such a room that serves as an entryway, initial reception area, or waiting room.
- Near-synonym: foyer
- Further up there are two summer rooms, a foreroom, and a kitchen.1978, Arctic Anthropology volume xv, number 1, 1978
3 more examples
- Hard and bloody was the defense of the foreroom men (the foreroom was the space just aft of the foredeck) and the stem-defenders, for in both those places the gunwale was the highest and the men picked.2006, Jack Coggins, Soldiers and Warriors: An Illustrated History - Page 101:
- It is my belief that he would like it better to die than to venture into the dark of the foreroom.2009, Ottilie A. Liljencrantz, Leif the Lucky: A Story of the Vikings - Page 160:
- She did not want to join the Rangers in the foreroom. She wanted to be alone.2014, L. S. King, Sword's Edge:
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Sometimes A living room or similar room in such position that is used for entertaining guests or for special occasions.
- Related terms
- forecourt