Definition of vestibule
1a : a passage, hall, or room between the outer door and the interior of a building : lobbyb : an enclosed entrance at the end of a railway passenger car
2 : any of various bodily cavities especially when serving as or resembling an entrance to some other cavity or space: such asa : the central cavity of the bony labyrinth of the inner ear or the parts (such as the saccule and utricle) of the membranous labyrinth that it containsb : the part of the left ventricle below the aortic orificec : the space between the labia minora containing the orifice of the urethrad : the part of the mouth cavity outside the teeth and gums
3 : a course that offers access (as to something new)
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Examples of vestibule in a Sentence
please leave your wet boots in the vestibule
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Already having waved good-bye, my daughter stood with her back to me, paused in the vestibule, awaiting entry.
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A small vestibule off the living room leads to two mirror image bedrooms, each with its own bathroom.
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Walking inside, the lobby of the restaurant was eerily quite, similar in layout and function to the vestibule of a mid-sized Southern Baptist chapel.
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There are plans to create a take-a-book/leave-a-book program, a bike rack and a vestibule with a community bulletin board, Michel said.
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Another photo shows the suspect outside the building's front vestibule, his face covered by a blue bandana with a white pattern.
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Chandler, meanwhile is stuck in an ATM vestibule having a flirtation fail with model-of-the-hour Jill Goodacre.
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The facade and vestibule would be saved only because the city included it in a covenant as part of the building's sale.
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When the city sold the Nichols Library property to the Truth Lutheran, the deal included a covenant that requires future owners to preserve the building's front facade and vestibule, including an intricate tile floor.
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Origin and Etymology of vestibule
Latin vestibulum forecourt
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VESTIBULE Defined for English Language Learners
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: an entrance hall inside a building
VESTIBULE Defined for Kids
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: a hall or room between the outer door and the inside part of a building
Medical Dictionary
vestibule
playMedical Definition of vestibule
: any of various bodily cavities especially when serving as or resembling an entrance to some other cavity or space: asa (1): the central cavity of the bony labyrinth of the ear (2): the parts of the membranous labyrinth comprising the utricle and the saccule and contained in the cavity of the bony labyrinthb: the space between the labia minora containing the orifice of the urethrac: the part of the left ventricle of the heart immediately below the aortic orificed: the part of the mouth cavity outside the teeth and gums
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