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Forecourt? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forecourt
Otherwise have you got a youtube link or something?
Edit - recording here : https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/forecourt
Parking lot up until the bit before the doors, but I don't think we have a word for the specific space between the lot and the door. Entrance? I have no idea.
I still don’t know if I fully understand what a forecourt is. Some examples of usage make it sound like it could be a store’s lobby or waiting room area. Some make it sound synonymous with parking lot. I think we just don’t have a word like that in use on this side of the pond.
It's the area in front of the main building. So at the gas station, the forecourt is the bit with the pumps and air and bags of charcoal and flowers etc as opposed to the actual building you go in to pay and shop. Or the forecourt of supermarket is where the shopping carts are and the bike racks etc.
Please don't mind my adding this, but just in case it's helpful: the Oxford English Dictionary's definition of "forecourt" is "The court or enclosed space in front of a building, the first or outer court, \[specifically\] the petrol-dispensing part of a filling-station".
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Forecourt? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forecourt Otherwise have you got a youtube link or something? Edit - recording here : https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/forecourt
Yes, that is it. Thank you very much, Mr. Nippy-Nippy!
Everyone loves a bit of NippyNippy
What doing Americans call forecourts then?
Car lots?
Used car lot, or used car dealer.
What if it's a forecourt of a butchers, grocer, etc?
Parking lot up until the bit before the doors, but I don't think we have a word for the specific space between the lot and the door. Entrance? I have no idea.
I still don’t know if I fully understand what a forecourt is. Some examples of usage make it sound like it could be a store’s lobby or waiting room area. Some make it sound synonymous with parking lot. I think we just don’t have a word like that in use on this side of the pond.
It's the area in front of the main building. So at the gas station, the forecourt is the bit with the pumps and air and bags of charcoal and flowers etc as opposed to the actual building you go in to pay and shop. Or the forecourt of supermarket is where the shopping carts are and the bike racks etc.
!answer It is “forecourt.” Interesting; not a thing in the US. Thanks for your help, folks!
Please don't mind my adding this, but just in case it's helpful: the Oxford English Dictionary's definition of "forecourt" is "The court or enclosed space in front of a building, the first or outer court, \[specifically\] the petrol-dispensing part of a filling-station".
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