From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Foyer \Foy'er"\, noun [F., fr. LL. focarium fireplace. See {Focus}, noun]
1. A lobby in a theater; a greenroom.
2. The crucible or basin in a furnace which receives the molten metal. --Knight.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a large entrance or reception room or area [syn: {anteroom}, {antechamber}, {entrance hall}, {hall}, {lobby}, {vestibule}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "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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