Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

foreroom

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fore-room
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A room near the entrance of a building.

noun

A room near the entrance of a building.

Example Sentences

"Near-synonym: foyer"
"Further up there are two summer rooms, a foreroom, and a kitchen."
"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."
"It is my belief that he would like it better to die than to venture into the dark of the foreroom."
"She did not want to join the Rangers in the foreroom. She wanted to be alone."

Etymology

From Middle English foreroum, for-rom. By surface analysis, fore- + room.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: foreroum

Inflected Forms

forerooms (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

forecourt anteroom antechamber parlour parlor sitting room drawing room front porch

Synonyms

front room anteroom antechamber foyer

Antonyms

backroom back room

Questions

What does foreroom mean?: A room near the entrance of a building.
Where does foreroom come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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