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foyer

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foy=er

CIDE DICTIONARY

foyern. [F., fr. LL. focarium fireplace. See Focus, n.].
  •  A lobby in a theater; a greenroom.  [1913 Webster]
  •  The crucible or basin in a furnace which receives the molten metal.  Knight.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

foyer, n. the entrance hall or other large area in a hotel, theatre, etc.

Etymology
F, = hearth, home, ult. f. L focus fire

THESAURUS

foyer

ancestral halls, chimney corner, entrance, entrance hall, entranceway, entry, entryway, family homestead, fireplace, fireside, galilee, hearth, hearth and home, hearthstone, home, home place, home roof, home sweet home, homestead, household, ingle, inglenook, ingleside, lobby, menage, narthex, paternal roof, portal, portico, propylaeum, roof, rooftree, stoa, threshold, toft, vestibule

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