forecourt
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.51 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The area in front of a petrol station where the petrol pumps are situated; pumping area.
British usage
noun
In racket sports, the front part of the court.
Example Sentences
- "Limerick terminus has changed but little since its opening, and travellers still ascend the same flight of steps from the forecourt to enter the handsome two-storey stone building, which contains the offices and a recently-modernised refreshment room."
- "The first group is incised on the east wall and eastern part of the south wall of the temple forecourt. The second group is incised into the floor and paving stones of the forecourt, extending onto the pavement of the Podium."
- "Other improvements include a new station forecourt on Love Lane, new cycle parking, improved CCTV and an additional ticket vending machine in the ticket hall."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₂éy Proto-Germanic *furai Proto-Germanic *furai- Proto-West Germanic *forē- Old English fore- Middle English fore- English fore- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- Proto-Indo-European *gʰórtos Proto-Italic *hortosder.? Proto-Italic *horti- Latin cohors Latin cōrs Old French cortbor. Middle English court English court English forecourt From fore- + court.
Usage
- British usage