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lobbies

lobbies is the plural of lobby.

lobbies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lobby.

Meaning of lobby

Noun

lobby (plural lobbies)

  1. An entryway or reception area; vestibule; passageway; corridor.
    • I had to wait in the lobby for hours before seeing the doctor.
  2. That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the official use of the assembly.
  3. A class or group of interested people who try to influence public officials; collectively, lobbyists.
    • Near-synonym: special interest
  4. A virtual area where meeting attendees can await admittance from an authorized person.
  5. A virtual area where players can chat and find opponents for a game.
  6. An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck.

See all 11 meanings of lobby

Noun

lobbies (uncountable)

  1. (UK, dialectal) A stew resembling scouse, using corned beef or tinned stewing steak.

Origin of lobbies

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Phrases with lobbies

Questions about lobbies

What does lobbies mean?
Lobbies means a stew resembling scouse, using corned beef or tinned stewing steak.
What is lobbies the plural of?
Lobbies is the plural of lobby.
What part of speech is lobbies?
Lobbies is a noun.

Words near lobbies in the dictionary

  1. lobbied
  2. lobbied out
  3. lobbied up
  4. lobbier
  5. lobbiers
  6. lobbies
  7. lobbies out
  8. lobbies up
  9. lobbing
  10. Lobbs
  11. lobby

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lobbies (page history and authors); lobby (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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