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 For the occasion, the Shed’s Griffin Theater greets guests with an antechamber cast in sepulchral light and hung with wall size images from Sakamoto’s life. Max Lakin, New York Times, 25 June 2023 Deliveries are made in a tented antechamber in the parking lot, so no outsiders enter the kitchen. Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2020 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
  • The interior has two possible layouts—one with the dining area aft near the cockpit and a lounge in the center, or a more conventional configuration with the dining area in the center.
    Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Gurevich was the majority owner and chef behind three restaurants: the Uptown Latin American lounge Limón, Lakewood breakfast spot Cafe Bisque and Ay Caramba, a Mexican concept in Cherry Creek.
    Justin Wingerter, Denver Post, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • One person was stabbed just outside the store, another in the vestibule, and nine more inside.
    Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 28 July 2025
  • One person was stabbed in the vestibule and one outside the store, Shea said.
    Melina Khan, USA Today, 28 July 2025
Noun
  • The black aluminum frame is a lesson in sleek design that’s perfect for a minimalist bedroom or a narrow hallway.
    Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 15 Aug. 2025
  • In the hallways, construction was underway with the sound of grinding and beeping, and the smell of fresh paint.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Last month, a security guard threatened to detain a Bee reporter for standing in an otherwise empty hallway near a court waiting room.
    Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Tiff asked as Victor settled in next to her in the hospital’s waiting room.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 11 July 2025

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“Antechamber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antechamber. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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