lobby

¹lob·by

noun \ˈlä-bē\

plural lobbies

Definition of LOBBY

1

: a corridor or hall connected with a larger room or series of rooms and used as a passageway or waiting room: as a : an anteroom of a legislative chamber; especially : one of two anterooms of a British parliamentary chamber to which members go to vote during a division b : a large hall serving as a foyer (as of a hotel or theater)

2

: a group of persons engaged in lobbying especially as representatives of a particular interest group

Examples of LOBBY

1. I'll meet you in the lobby after the show.
2. The proposed new law is supported by the oil lobby.

Origin of LOBBY

Medieval Latin lobium gallery, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German louba porch

First Known Use: 1593

Related to LOBBY

Synonyms: hall, foyer

Related Words: entranceway, entry, entryway, hallway, vestibule; concourse, corridor, gallery, passageway; antechamber, anteroom, chamber, waiting room

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Other Architecture Terms

buttress, casita, cornice, fanlight, garret, lintel, parapet, pilaster, plinth

Rhymes with LOBBY

bobby, cobby, dobby, globby, hobby, knobby, nobby, Sabi, snobby, swabbie