MEANING
An entrance hall or lobby, especially in a theatre, hotel, or large house.
Use it for
arrivals; public encounters; waiting before an eventPut people at the point where outside movement becomes indoor social life.
Words that belong together
- theatre foyer
- crowded foyer
- marble foyer
On the page
Programmes rustled as the audience gathered in the foyer.
A wet umbrella stood alone in the hotel's marble foyer.
She recognised her former teacher across the foyer just before the doors opened.
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Word forms
- Base
- foyer
Usage notes
Primary category: architecture. Welcoming and transitional; often more public than a domestic hallway. Count noun: foyers.
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