foyer
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3.9
- noun
- /ˈfɔɪər/
- So here is the grand foyer with this fabulous staircase.
- upstairs foyer
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Watch on YouTubeYou go to my shelf in the foyer.
- You go to my shelf in the foyer.
- I thought I saw a thing that she like, left her phone in her foyer or like at home.
- So I'm sitting there in the foyer waiting for a moment where there's it's quiet.
- So they took his leg and they put in display in the, in the, the foyer of the battalion.
- And we went down the stairs in the Grand Hotel and the where the foyer had been was full of rubble.
- There's a woman, There's a woman waiting to be seated still in the foyer.
- When I get into the foyer, I realise I'm on camera with a gun in my hand.
- And when Austin come in the the foyer of that court, Dave seen him and went over and beat him up.
Examples
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As guests entered the hotel, they were greeted by an impressive foyer adorned with luxurious decor.
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From her spot in the foyer, she could see the living room and part of the den.
Fiction book (1992) -
So when you first walk in, you have this really wide foyer area.
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We were in the foyer, talking.
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Lunch is being set up in the foyer.
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I said to meet me in the foyer.
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Wait in the foyer while I go look for the main circuit breaker.
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Sleeping on mats in the church foyer all night, they attend mass early on Sunday morning.
Academic text (1996) -
Between the base of the stairs and the top underground level, there is a foyer area with stone carved chairs where visitors might have rested.
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We moved slowly across the foyer, boots scraping softly on the marble floor.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
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1.3
A large entrance area in a building where people wait
17
2.6
A small area inside a building next to the front door where people enter
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5.5
A large open area in a station or airport where people walk and wait
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6.0
A small entrance hall next to a building's front door where people wait
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3.2
A room in a house or hotel where visitors wait and the host meets them
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6.5
A small room leading to a main room where people wait
4
2.8
A large room just inside the main door where people enter and wait
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3.5
A space at the front of a building where people enter
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8.2
A small room before a larger room where people wait
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1.0
An area by the main door where people meet or wait
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Etymology
Foyer comes from French, where it meant the 'hearth' or 'fireplace', and that idea comes from the old Latin word focus meaning 'hearth' or 'center'. So a foyer is like the building's 'hearth' — the central place where people meet when they come in.