"foreroom" meaning in All languages combined

See foreroom on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: forerooms [plural]
Etymology: From fore- + room. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|fore|room}} fore- + room Head templates: {{en-noun}} foreroom (plural forerooms)
  1. A room near the entrance of a building; a front room Categories (topical): Rooms
    Sense id: en-foreroom-en-noun-riItUulB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with fore-

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1978, Arctic Anthropology volume xv, number 1, 1978",
          "text": "Further up there are two summer rooms, a foreroom, and a kitchen."
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          "ref": "2006, Jack Coggins, Soldiers and Warriors: An Illustrated History - Page 101",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "2009, Ottilie A. Liljencrantz, Leif the Lucky: A Story of the Vikings - Page 160",
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        },
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          "ref": "2014, L. S. King, Sword's Edge",
          "text": "She did not want to join the Rangers in the foreroom. She wanted to be alone.",
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