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foreroom en · NOUN

Etymology

From Middle English foreroum, for-rom. By surface analysis, fore- + room.

Meanings

1. A room near the entrance of a building. ▸ Such a room that serves as an entryway, initial reception area, or waiting room.
   • Further up there are two summer rooms, a foreroom, and a kitchen. 1978, Arctic Anthropology volume xv, number 1, 1978
   • 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:
   • Near-synonym: foyer
   • She did not want to join the Rangers in the foreroom. She wanted to be alone. 2014, L. S. King, Sword's Edge:
   • 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. 2006, Jack Coggins, Soldiers and Warriors: An Illustrated History - Page 101:
2. (sometimes) A room near the entrance of a building. ▸ A living room or similar room in such position that is used for entertaining guests or for special occasions.

Forms

Antonyms

backroom · back room · backroom · back room

Coordinates

drawing room · antechamber · parlour · sitting room · parlor · anteroom · front porch

Relateds

forecourt

Synonyms

anteroom · front room · foyer · antechamber · front room

wikidata: Q574969