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Definition of "forepart" [forepart]

  • The first or early part of a period of time. (noun)
  • The anterior part, as of an object or organism. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "forepart" in a sentence
  • "Beneath the forepart is the _cerebrum_, and beneath the hinder part is the"
  • "She had the forepart of a remarkably full-figured woman, and the rear-part of a beautiful horse."
  • "It lifted its forepart, let its rearpart drop, blasted with its elevation jets, and spun out of control."