lobby
Meaning of lobby
noun
- An entryway or reception area; vestibule; passageway; corridor.
I had to wait in the lobby for hours before seeing the doctor.
- That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the official use of the assembly.
- A class or group of people who try to influence public officials; collectively, lobbyists.
The influence of the tobacco lobby has decreased considerably in the US.
- A virtual area where players can chat and find opponents for a game.
- An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck.
- A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges, trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard.
- A margin along either side of the playing field in the sport of kabaddi.
- To attempt to influence (a public official or decision-maker) in favor of a specific opinion or cause.
For years, pro-life groups have continued to lobby hard for restrictions on abortion.
- Scouse (from lobscouse)
My mam cooked us lobby for tea last night.
Information about lobby
- The plural form of lobby is: lobbies.
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CatalanHyphenation of lobby
lobby
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- lobby is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
lobby synonyms
Meaning anteroom:
anteroom, antechamber, hall, foyer, vestibule
Meaning buttonhole:
Translation of lobby
- Italian: atrio, vestibolo, ingresso, lobby, androne, foyer
- French: antichambre, foyer, vestibule, hall, lobby
- Spanish: vestíbulo, atrio
Words that rhyme with lobby
Bobby, bobby, Cobby, cobby, scobby, dobby, gobby, hobby, blobby, flobby, globby, slobby, mobby, hobnobby, knobby, nobby, snobby, pobby, Robby, sobby
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