forecourt

noun

Definition of forecourtnext
as in plaza

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Recent Examples of forecourt The 40-foot elevation drop from the General Hospital forecourt to the commercial hub will be ameliorated by raising the low area about 20 feet. — Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026 The developmental tournaments and lower rungs of the tours, where players build up match toughness, rankings points and the skills that clay teaches — movement, defense, patience, forecourt awareness — are played on it, too. — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 25 May 2026 Visitors approaching the museum’s doors will pass under a canopy of silver birch trees installed in its forecourt. — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 14 May 2026 Bright and early the next morning, Mustapha Abdelfatah, a bespectacled translator-chaperone, and a beefy driver-bodyguard named Slimane Labaoui, who, in a bit of cross-cultural typecasting, played a warrior in Gladiator, met me in the forecourt of Dar Ahlam. — Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for forecourt
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  1. plaza
  2. square
  3. atrium
  4. terrace
Noun
  • Rendered in Hadid’s signature, curvilinear style, the plaza contains a museum and a multitude of exhibition spaces as well as a design center; these internal zones are linked through a series of interior and underground pathways.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The plaza between the San Jose Museum of Art and the Signia by Hilton has been fenced off, and the city has announced plans to remove the 32 trees that inhabit the circle.
    — Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of plaza
Noun
  • The Guayrá was still covered in a thick mist at that early hour, but the man was out in the middle of the square, looking down into the well and thinking sleepily about something.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Siu also said parking near the square was removed without enough notice to businesses.
    — Maddie White, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of square
Noun
  • The apartments at 64 Pratt are arranged around an atrium that soars three stories, from floor three to six.
    — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Pizzini explained that because Carol spends so much of the story barricaded inside, the home was designed with an interior atrium to preserve natural light after the windows were shuttered.
    — Deadline, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of atrium
Noun
  • Neighbors come to hang out on the sunlit terrace overlooking the ocean with the dramatic mountains behind.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Forty-five minutes in front of a Croke Park terrace rammed with Leeds supporters, less than a week after becoming the club’s most expensive transfer in history, also gave him an unsubtle insight into the reaction.
    — Beren Cross, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of terrace

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“Forecourt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forecourt. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

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