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foreroom (plural forerooms)

1. A room near the entrance of a building.

   Synonym: front room (broad sense)

   Antonyms: backroom, back room

   1. Such a room that serves as an entryway, initial reception area, or waiting room.

      Synonyms: anteroom, antechamber

      Near-synonym: foyer

      • 1978, Arctic Anthropology volume xv, number 1, 1978:

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

      • 2006, Jack Coggins, Soldiers and Warriors: An Illustrated History - Page 101:

        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.

      • 2009, Ottilie A. Liljencrantz, Leif the Lucky: A Story of the Vikings - Page 160:

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

      • 2014, L. S. King, Sword's Edge:

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

   2. (sometimes) A living room or similar room in such position that is used for entertaining guests or for special occasions.

      Synonym: front room (narrow sense)

      Antonyms: backroom, back room

      Coordinate terms: anteroom, antechamber; parlour, parlor, sitting room, drawing room; front porch

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