fore·court

(fôr′kôrt′)

1. A courtyard in front of a building.

2. Sports The part of a court nearest the net or wall, as in tennis or handball.

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forecourt

(ˈfɔːˌkɔːt)

1. a courtyard in front of a building, as one in a filling station

2. (Tennis) Also called: front court the front section of the court in tennis, badminton, etc, esp the area between the service line and the net

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fore•court

(ˈfɔrˌkɔrt, ˈfoʊrˌkoʊrt)

n.

1. the part of either half of a tennis court that lies between the net and the line that marks the inbounds limit of a service. Compare backcourt (def. 2).

2. a courtyard before the entrance to a building or group of buildings.

[1525–35]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

forecourt - the outer or front court of a building or of a group of buildings

courtyard, court - an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings; "the house was built around an inner court"

Translations

cortile anteriore spiazzo

forecourt

[ˈfɔːkɔːt] (esp Brit) N (gen) → entrada f; [of hotel] → patio m (delantero), terraza f; [of petrol station] → patio m (delantero)

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

forecourt

[ˈfɔː^rkɔː^rt] n [garage] → devant m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

forecourt

n → Vorhof m

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forecourt

[ˈfɔːˌkɔːt] n (of garage) → spiazzo; (of station) → piazzale m

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Nothing could be more noble in appearance than the central forecourt raised upon the flight of steps, like a king upon his throne, having around it four pavilions at the angles, the immense Ionic columns of which rose majestically to the whole height of the building.

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That might be, but it was certain young Martin had not been blown half across the forecourt of a Patiala palace by an explosion of fireworks; nor had he...

In an apartment of the forecourt overlooked by cooing doves he would sit, while she laid aside her useless veil and chattered of spirits and fiends of Kulu, of grandchildren unborn, and of the free-tongued brat who had talked to her in the resting-place.

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Accordingly I spent the late hours either on the water(the moonlight of Venice is famous), or in the splendid square which serves as a vast forecourt to the strange old basilica of Saint Mark.

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Thus, then, did Telemachus and Pisistratus sleep there in the forecourt, while the son of Atreus lay in an inner room with lovely Helen by his side.

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As he spoke he laid his hand on the old man's right wrist, in token that he should have no fear; thus then did Priam and his attendant sleep there in the forecourt, full of thought, while Achilles lay in an inner room of the house, with fair Briseis by his side.

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A man is said to have been stabbed in a fight on a petrol station forecourt.

Man 'stabbed' in fight on petrol station forecourt at Wolviston; Police were called to the BP garage on Friday night :: It is thought two men were involved in a fight

Accra north and south, and Tema area offices: Oxford Street, Osu Shoprite Mall, Accra, Frontage of Dot's Inn Hotel, Labone, Accra, Forecourt of Barclays Bank Head Office, High street, Premises of Shell Fuel Station, Oman FM (Kencity), Madina, Shell Filling Station, New Achimota bus terminal, Abofu, Unicredit Savings and Loans, Off Kasoa New Market Road, Tema Metropolitan Assembly yard, Tema, Shell Fuel Station, Tema Community 11, Dodowa, in front of Juliet Shop, opposite Shai Rural Bank and St.

SSNIT takes Customer Service to door steps of clients

LOUGHBOROUGH Baptist Church, Baxter Gate, is organising a Forecourt Festival this week.

Baxter Gate Baptist Forecourt Festival returns this week

All we can do is hope the international forces which have caused the oil price to rise, ease and take the heat out of prices on the forecourt."

Supermarket fuel prices have risen every day since March; #THELATESTNEWS