forecourt
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- noun
- /ˈfɔrˌkɔrt/
:
patio delantero
- Visitors gathered outside the museum in the spacious forecourt before the exhibition started.
- garage forecourt
- station forecourt
- parked in the forecourt
Like my car's with a dog's product brand new miles, brand new second hand fresh off the forecourt.
- Like my car's with a dog's product brand new miles, brand new second hand fresh off the forecourt.
Examples
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As the sun began to streak the mist with blood and gold, the hunting party assembled in the forecourt, spangled with damp and bright-eyed with anticipation.
Fiction book (1991) -
The attendant comes out onto the forecourt and starts approaching the yellow Rover.
Fiction book (2001) -
"Actually, I met his son at the forecourt of the hotel as I was leaving for the airport."
Blog text (1) -
James turns into the forecourt.
Fiction book (1996) -
The Lincoln turns into the forecourt of Seagrave.
Fiction book (1996) -
And by now they've arrived and pulled up on the garage forecourt.
Fiction book (1992) -
This is going to be a statue of a pony express rider that we're putting in the forecourt.
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"Still the same shot, buses disgorge TOURISTS, who move into the forecourt of the theater.
Fiction book (2001) -
The team installed an awkward grouping of plants and sculpture on the museum forecourt.
Academic text (2006) -
A line of limousines deposits smartly dressed people beside the forecourt.
Fiction book (1996)
Synonyms
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An open area surrounded by buildings or walls, often inside a larger building
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Etymology
The word forecourt comes from fore- meaning 'in front' and court meaning an 'enclosed yard', as in courtyard. So a forecourt is the open area or yard in front of a building, often used as an entrance.