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forehouses

forehouses is the plural of forehouse.

Meaning of forehouse

Noun

forehouse (plural forehouses)

  1. The front or forward part or room of a house; a foyer.
    • Had she been in the fore-house, and no passage to go through to get at the street door, she had certainly been gone.1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CCLXIV”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn...

Questions about forehouses

What is forehouses the plural of?
Forehouses is the plural of forehouse.

Words near forehouses in the dictionary

  1. forehooks
  2. forehooves
  3. forehorse
  4. forehorses
  5. forehouse
  6. forehouses
  7. foreign
  8. foreign accent syndrome
  9. foreign accent syndromes
  10. foreign affairs
  11. foreign agent

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