foreroom
foreroom noun: such a room that serves as an entryway, initial reception area, or waiting room.
Noun
foreroom (plural forerooms)
- 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
- Synonyms:
- front room, anteroom, antechamber, foyer
- A living room or similar room in such position that is used for entertaining guests or for special occasions.
- Synonyms:
- front room
Examples of foreroom in a sentence
- 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.2014, L. S. King, Sword's Edge:
Synonyms of foreroom
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Forms of foreroom
| plural | forerooms |
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Origin of foreroom
From Middle English foreroum, for-rom. By surface analysis, fore- + room.
Questions about foreroom
- What does foreroom mean?
- Foreroom means such a room that serves as an entryway, initial reception area, or waiting room.
- How do you use foreroom in a sentence?
- It is my belief that he would like it better to die than to venture into the dark of the foreroom.
- What part of speech is foreroom?
- Foreroom is a noun.
- What is the plural of foreroom?
- The plural of foreroom is forerooms.
Words near foreroom in the dictionary
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