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forecourts

forecourts is the plural of forecourt.

Meaning of forecourt

Noun

forecourt (plural forecourts)

  1. (UK) The area in front of a petrol station where the petrol pumps are situated; pumping area.
  2. (UK) Any open area in front of a building.
    • Limerick terminus has changed but little since its opening, and travellers still ascend the same flight of steps from the forecourt to enter the handsome two-storey stone building, which contains the offices and a recently-modernised refreshment room.1958 May, W. J. South and L. Hyland, “Limerick as a Railway Centre”, in Railway Magazine, page 297
    Antonyms:
    backcourt, backyard
  3. In racket sports, the front part of the court.
    Antonyms:
    backcourt

Questions about forecourts

What is forecourts the plural of?
Forecourts is the plural of forecourt.

Words near forecourts in the dictionary

  1. forecount
  2. forecounts
  3. forecourse
  4. forecourses
  5. forecourt
  6. forecourts
  7. forecover
  8. forecovers
  9. forecoxa
  10. forecoxae
  11. forecreated

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