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Definition of Foyer
1. Noun. A large entrance or reception room or area.
Group relationships: Building, Edifice
Specialized synonyms: Narthex
Generic synonyms: Room
Definition of Foyer
1. n. A lobby in a theater; a greenroom.
Definition of Foyer
1. Noun. A lobby, corridor, or waiting room, used in a hotel, theater, etc. ¹
2. Noun. The crucible or basin in a furnace which receives the molten metal. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Foyer
1. an entrance room or hall [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Foyer
Literary usage of Foyer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1896)
"When foyer heard that Cromwell was to march against him, he boasted that he would
... foyer, with Laugharne and Colonel Powell, were accordingly tried by ..."
2. History of the Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1656 by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1903)
"The lot fell on foyer, who on April 25 was shot to death in Covent Garden. ...
2 A Perf. Diurnal, E, 529, 13. 8 A Declaration of Col. foyer, E, 552 ..."
3. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1897)
"In his ' Le foyer Breton, >—a collection of folk-lore tales,— he preserved as
far as possible the traditional form of expression. ..."
4. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1891)
"... by parol evidence, to be only a mortgage; the author of this opinion citing
the case, already referred to, of Babcock v. Wyman, 19 How. 289; foyer v. ..."
5. Paris and Environs, with Routes from London to Paris: With Routes from by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1896)
"Avant-scènes du rez-de-chaussée and des premières 15; baignoires, fauteuils
d'orchestre, and fauteuils de balcon 10; fauteuils de foyer 7 aud 6; ..."
6. Paris and Environs with Routes from London to Paris: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker, Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1900)
"Communicating with it is the foyer de la Danse, or ballroom, the end of which
... This foyer has portraits of celebrated 'danseuses' and other paintings by ..."
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