forenoon

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: fore=noon

CIDE DICTIONARY

forenoon, n. 

 The early part of the day, from morning to meridian, or noon.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

forenoon, n. Naut. or Law or archaic the part of the day before noon.

ROGET THESAURUS

forenoon

Morning

N morning, morn, forenoon, a, m, prime, dawn, daybreak, dayspring, foreday, sunup, peep of day, break of day, aurora, first blush of the morning, first flush of the morning, prime of the morning, twilight, crepuscule, sunrise, cockcrow, cockcrowing, the small hours, the wee hours of the morning, spring, vernal equinox, first point of Aries, noon, midday, noonday, noontide, meridian, prime, nooning, noontime, summer, midsummer, matin, matutinal, vernal, at sunrise, with the sun, with the lark, when the morning dawns, at shut of evening flowers, entre chien et loup, flames in the forehead of the morning sky, the breezy call of incense-breathing morn.