antechamber

as in anteroom
formal a room placed before and leading into a chief apartment and serving as a waiting area

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Recent Examples of antechamber Those who did not fit inside the council chambers watched the meeting livestream in the antechamber. Luis Melecio-Zambrano, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2024 But for the sake of social history, Miss Manners will try: Boudoir: a bedroom, or antechamber to one, where a lady receives her intimates. Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2024 The larynx functions like an antechamber to the windpipe, or trachea, with a flap of tissue called the epiglottis keeping food and drink from falling down the windpipe. Kate Golembiewski, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2024 In the antechamber to the main gallery, a pair of curiosity cabinets — a convention popular in the salons of wealthy Victorians to display the sparkly plunder brought home from the colonies — stand side by side, one by Gardner, and the other by Saar. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Feb. 2023 See All Example Sentences for antechamber
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Noun
  • Elliott notes that a Picasso painting hangs in the anteroom to a prominent political family’s Washington, D.C. bathroom.
    Dina Cheney, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2025
  • Among the several measures is the creation of a 6,200-square-meter anteroom, or a large plaza on Placa Gaudi in front of the basilica.
    Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Each Residence has abundant outdoor lounge spaces and a large swimming pool, and can be booked in its entirety for a group retreat or a multigenerational family escape.
    Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Wiholl Cap-Sleeve Top and Wide-Leg Pants Lounge Set Wear this cozy lounge set on its own around the house, with a sweatshirt over for long road trips, or with a cardigan to run errands.
    Mia Huelsbeck, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Starting at the garden level, a wrought-iron gate takes you through a landscaped courtyard garden and into a marble vestibule.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Banfield and her boyfriend were in the vestibule.
    Rachel Burchfield, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Observed on floors, in and around baseboards, grease trap, tables, walls, bathroom floors and walls, three-compartment sink, utility closet, hand sink, hallway, and in dining area.
    Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The rapper could be seen dragging Cassie down the hotel hallway in surveillance footage that was shown to the jury and previously released to the public in 2024.
    Tracy Wright , Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Jim’s friend Dale met us in the waiting room, wearing a beautiful brown corduroy dress.
    Ann Patchett, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The people in the waiting room clap for me and offer congratulations.
    R29 Team, Refinery29, 29 Sep. 2025

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“Antechamber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antechamber. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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