concourse
con·course
noun \ˈkän-ˌkȯrs, ˈkäŋ-\Definition of CONCOURSE
1
: an act or process of coming together and merging
2
: a meeting produced by voluntary or spontaneous coming together
3
a : an open space where roads or paths meet b : an open space or hall (as in a railroad terminal) where crowds gather
Examples of CONCOURSE
- the concourse of the bus terminal
- <airline passengers had to pass through the security checkpoints before being allowed in the concourse>
Origin of CONCOURSE
Middle English, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French concours, from Latin concursus, from concurrere to run together — more at concur
First Known Use: 14th century
Rhymes with CONCOURSE
clotheshorse, crash course, dark horse, dawn horse, dead horse, deforce, discourse, divorce, dray horse, endorse, enforce, extrorse, golf course, gut course, high horse, introrse, iron horse, midcourse, of course, Old Norse, one-horse, packhorse, perforce, post-horse, racecourse, racehorse, recourse, redhorse, remorse, resource, retrorse, sawhorse, sea horse, stringcourse, trial horse, unhorse, warhorse, wheelhorse, Whitehorse, workhorse
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