foredoor
foredoor noun: a door located at the fore part of a house or dwelling; front door.
Noun
foredoor (plural foredoors)
- A door located at the fore part of a house or dwelling; front door.
- This morning the great foredoor quite open, dancing backwards and forwards with all its weight upon the lower hinge, which must have been broken if the dean had not accidentally come and relieved it.1768, Jonathan Swift, The Works of J. Swift
- All the pewter is thrown about the kitchen.” But when they looked, all the pewter stood in its place. There then was a loud knocking at the back-door. My father opened it, but saw nothing. It was then at the foredoor. He opened that : but it was still lost labour.1825, Horace WELBY (pseud. [i.e. John Timbs.]), Signs before Death
Forms of foredoor
| plural | foredoors |
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Origin of foredoor
From fore- + door. Cognate with Scots foredoor.
Questions about foredoor
- What does foredoor mean?
- Foredoor means a door located at the fore part of a house or dwelling; front door.
- What part of speech is foredoor?
- Foredoor is a noun.
- What is the plural of foredoor?
- The plural of foredoor is foredoors.
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