foyernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈfɔɪ.eɪ/us/ˈfɔɪ.ɚ/a large open area just inside the entrance of a public building such as a theatre or a hotel, where people can wait and meet each other:
I'll see you downstairs in the foyer in half an hour.
US UK hall the room in a house or apartment leading from the front door to other rooms, where things like coats and hats are kept
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Theatre auditorium & front-of-house
- aisle
- auditorium
- balcony
- booking office
- box
- box office
- circle
- dress circle
- front
- front-of-house
- full house
- god
- house
- house lights
- mezzanine
- mosh pit
- orchestra
- out front idiom
- pit
- stall
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Parts of buildings: passages & entrance areas