Foyer

n.	1.	A lobby in a theater; a greenroom.
	2.	The crucible or basin in a furnace which receives the molten metal.

Noun

1.

foyer - a large entrance or reception room or area Synonyms: antechamber, anteroom, entrance hall, lobby, vestibule, hall

ancestral halls, chimney corner, entrance, entrance hall, entranceway, entry, entryway, family homestead, fireplace, fireside, galilee, hearth, hearth and home, hearthstone, home, home place, home roof, home sweet home, homestead, household, ingle, inglenook, ingleside, lobby, menage, narthex, paternal roof, portal, portico, propylaeum, roof, rooftree, stoa, threshold, toft, vestibule