foyer

IPA: fˈɔɪɝ

A lobby, corridor, or waiting room, used in a hotel, theater, etc.
The crucible or basin in a furnace which receives the molten metal.
(UK) A hostel offering accommodation and work opportunities to homeless young people.

Examples of "foyer" in Sentences

The original closed-in foyer was dramatically opened.
In the foyer is this amazing piece of sculpture by Dale Chihuly:
Jessica Antola The foyer is accented by one of Mr. Adler's bright orange lacquer console tables.
It was - A noise ahead, beyond the doors leading into the main foyer, broke her train of thought.
The carved Chinese table in the foyer was her mother's, and the framed drawing of the chandelier was done by her father when he was a student at Cooper Union.
Features: Curved staircase in foyer, study with mahogany floors and wainscoting, theater room, family room, basement with second kitchen, screened porch, deck, open patio, home four-car garage.
The front foyer is mustard yellow, and part of the adjoining kitchen is muted purple, and the diningroom/livingroom has a chairail where they painted the lower half lighter than the upperhalf, which I find very disorienting.
I would like to put up some kind of doors to the rooms off the foyer, because I would like to emphasize the sense that the foyer is the most public room of our private residence, and the place for people to get the impression that this is a someone's little kingdom they are entering and not the local hangout.