foreroom

plural forerooms

1. A room near the entrance of a building.
   1. Such a room that serves as an entryway, initial reception area, or waiting room.

      Near-synonym: foyer

      4 more examples

      Further up there are two summer rooms, a foreroom, and a kitchen.

      1978, Arctic Anthropology volume xv, number 1, 1978

      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.

      2006, Jack Coggins, Soldiers and Warriors: An Illustrated History - Page 101

      It is my belief that he would like it better to die than to venture into the dark of the foreroom.

      2009, Ottilie A. Liljencrantz, Leif the Lucky: A Story of the Vikings - Page 160

      She did not want to join the Rangers in the foreroom. She wanted to be alone.

      2014, L. S. King, Sword's Edge

      Synonyms: front room, anteroom, antechamber, foyer · Antonyms: backroom, back room

   2. sometimesA living room or similar room in such position that is used for entertaining guests or for special occasions.

      Synonyms: front room, front room · Antonyms: backroom, back room, backroom, back room