Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A lobby or anteroom, as of a theater or hotel.
- noun An entrance hall; a vestibule.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In theaters, opera-houses, ect., a public room at or near the entrance next to or comprising the lobby: often, as in the Grand Opera at Paris, a magnificent saloon, elaborately decorated.
- noun In a furnace, the crucible or basin which holds the molten metal.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A lobby in a theater; a greenroom.
- noun The crucible or basin in a furnace which receives the molten metal.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
lobby ,corridor , orwaiting room , used in a hotel, theater, etc. - noun The
crucible orbasin in afurnace which receives the molten metal.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a large entrance or reception room or area
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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I would like to put up some kind of doors to the rooms off the foyer, because I would like to emphasize the sense that the foyer is the most public room of our private residence, and the place for people to get the impression that this is a someone's little kingdom they are entering and not the local hangout.
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Jessica Antola The foyer is accented by one of Mr. Adler's bright orange lacquer console tables.
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Features: Curved staircase in foyer, study with mahogany floors and wainscoting, theater room, family room, basement with second kitchen, screened porch, deck, open patio, home four-car garage.
Diversified job base protects South Bend, Ind., home sales 2009
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In the foyer is this amazing piece of sculpture by Dale Chihuly:
Glass Reflections 2009
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It was - A noise ahead, beyond the doors leading into the main foyer, broke her train of thought.
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The original closed-in foyer was dramatically opened.
Remodel transforms Reston colonial into a glassy, modern gem Trish Donnally 2010
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The front foyer is mustard yellow, and part of the adjoining kitchen is muted purple, and the diningroom/livingroom has a chairail where they painted the lower half lighter than the upperhalf, which I find very disorienting.
Is this the one? wen_spencer 2006
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The carved Chinese table in the foyer was her mother's, and the framed drawing of the chandelier was done by her father when he was a student at Cooper Union.
Nancy Ruhling: Astoria Characters: The Memory Keeper Nancy Ruhling 2011
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The carved Chinese table in the foyer was her mother's, and the framed drawing of the chandelier was done by her father when he was a student at Cooper Union.
Nancy Ruhling: Astoria Characters: The Memory Keeper Nancy Ruhling 2011
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The carved Chinese table in the foyer was her mother's, and the framed drawing of the chandelier was done by her father when he was a student at Cooper Union.
Nancy Ruhling: Astoria Characters: The Memory Keeper Nancy Ruhling 2011
npydyuan commented on the word foyer
This Wordie place can have a decidedly spatial vibe to it, at times, if it wants to.... As if you're wandering through a quasi-infinite, ever-evolving mansion in which each word is a room (and each list is a wing?). And characters inhabit the mansion; come and go as they please; congregate in certain rooms (like the erstwhile smoking klatsch over at cigarette!) And some rooms are so quiet as to evince a mystical reverence—until some happy traveler strolls through and with obscure footfalls undeafens the silence with delightfully humble cream pie!
To quote Calvin: "This is so cool I have to go to the bathroom!"
September 16, 2007
npydyuan commented on the word foyer
And, you can draw a door any place you want, to any other place, as if with magical chalk, just by making brackets! I do so love a vibrant, experiential metaphor!
September 16, 2007
reesetee commented on the word foyer
Excellent, nypdyuan! Wordie at work. Oh, the joys.... :-D
September 16, 2007
uselessness commented on the word foyer
I love it. Sounds like a horror story of sorts, if only because the mansion is so incredibly huge and there are comparatively so few of us, calling to mind big echoey spaces and high vaulted ceilings. Even when there are a bunch of us in one room, we still feel very very small. There's that eerie sensation that we're being watched from somewhere... as the moonlight phases through the midnight rainstorm outside and shines onto the floor through the windowpanes, a gnarled tree branch scratches ominous messages to us on the glass. Soon enough, we flee into the hall, footsteps reverberating, and find another room in which to gather (until fear gets the best of us again).
September 17, 2007
reesetee commented on the word foyer
Oh, great. Now Wordie gives me the creeps. ;->
September 17, 2007
npydyuan commented on the word foyer
But it's (we're) the best kind of creeps!
September 17, 2007
reesetee commented on the word foyer
Welllll...okay. If you say so. :-)
September 17, 2007
seanahan commented on the word foyer
I must add that "and with obscure footfalls undeafens the silence" is a classic line.
September 18, 2007