| NOUN | artifact | lobby, anteroom, antechamber, entrance hall, hall, foyer, vestibule | a large entrance or reception room or area |
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| group | lobby | the people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest | |
| group | lobby, special interest, special-interest group, special interest group, advocacy group, lobby group, pressure group, third house | a group of people who try actively to influence legislation / legislation | |
| VERB | social | lobby, buttonhole | detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of |
| Sounds | laa'biy | |
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| Rhymes | ab / Ab / AB ... zombie: 62 rhymes with biy... | |
| Meaning | A large entrance or reception room or area. | |
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| Synonyms | anteroom, antechamber, entrance hall, hall, foyer, vestibule | |
| Part of | building, edifice | A structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place |
| Narrower | narthex | A vestibule leading to the nave of a church |
| Broader | room | An area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling |
| Spanish | antecámara, antesala, entrada, hall, recibidor, vestíbulo, zaguán | |
| Catalan | antecambra, antesala, avantcambra, avantsala, entrada, lobby, rebedor, vestíbul | |
| Meaning | The people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest. | |
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| Broader | people | (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively |
| Meaning | A group of people who try actively to influence legislation / legislation. | |
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| Synonyms | special interest, special-interest group, special interest group, advocacy group, lobby group, pressure group, third house | |
| Narrower | National Rifle Association, NRA | A powerful lobby that advocates the right to own and bear arms and rejects any gun regulation by the government |
| Broader | interest, interest group | (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims |
| political unit, political entity | A unit with political responsibilities | |
| Spanish | camarilla, grupo de presión | |
| Catalan | camarilla, grup de pressiö | |
| Nouns | lobbyist | someone who is employed to persuade legislators to vote for legislation that favors the lobbyist's employer |
| Verbs | lobby | detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of |
| Meaning | Detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonym | buttonhole | |
| Broader | solicit, beg, tap | make a solicitation / solicitation or entreaty for something |
| Spanish | enganchar | |
| Nouns | lobby | a group of people who try actively to influence legislation / legislation |
| lobbyist | someone who is employed to persuade legislators to vote for legislation that favors the lobbyist's employer | |
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