forespace
forespace noun: any space or area positioned toward the front (e.g. of a room, building, plot, landscape, scenery, etc.); foreground.
Noun
forespace (plural forespaces)
- Any space or area positioned toward the front (e.g. of a room, building, plot, landscape, scenery, etc.); foreground
- Medieval architects did not prefer irregular forespaces as the settings for their works. These were the spaces they were given to work in.1965, Paul D. Spreiregen, Urban Design, the Architecture of Towns and Cities
- In this case the living room attempts to address both the forespace or the virtual court, on the one side, and the valley-panorama on the other.1993, David Whitney, Jeffrey Kipnis, Philip Johnson: the Glass House
Forms of forespace
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Origin of forespace
From fore- + space.
Questions about forespace
- What does forespace mean?
- Forespace means any space or area positioned toward the front (e.g. of a room, building, plot, landscape, scenery, etc.); foreground.
- What part of speech is forespace?
- Forespace is a noun.
- What is the plural of forespace?
- The plural of forespace is forespaces.
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