foreroom

Definitions

1. A room near the entrance of a building.
2. Such a room that serves as an entryway, initial reception area, or waiting room.
3. A living room or similar room in such position that is used for entertaining guests or for special occasions.
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Examples

“Near-synonym: foyer”

“Further up there are two summer rooms, a foreroom, and a kitchen.”

“Hard and bloody was the defense of the foreroom men (the foreroom was the space just aft of the foredeck) and the stem-defenders, for in both those places the gunwale was the highest and the men picked.”

“It is my belief that he would like⟳ it better to die⟳ than to venture into the dark of the foreroom.”

“She did not want⟳ to join⟳ the Rangers in the foreroom. She wanted to be alone.”

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