antechamber

noun

Definition of antechambernext
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 The doors open up to an antechamber set with chairs and benches. — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2026 The locker rooms and antechambers behind the scenes are drab and plain. — Richard Lawson, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025 The cardinals present will then pledge to the new pope, and he will be dressed in the Room of Tears, a small antechamber within the Sistine Chapel. — Paolo Armelli, Vogue, 21 Apr. 2025 The cellar tour starts in an antechamber that guides through the various steps of making Champagne (from harvest to bottling) and also explores how the house’s approach to winemaking has evolved over the past century. — Oset Babür-Winter, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for antechamber
Recent Examples of Synonyms for antechamber
  1. anteroom
  2. lounge
  3. vestibule
  4. hallway
  5. waiting room
Noun
  • Petzel’s also got Tschabalala Self in the viewing room, and tasty new Seth Price works in the anteroom space.
    — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 15 May 2026
  • Shots were fired in an anteroom that had not an hour before seen thousands of guests, including senior government officials, streaming through.
    — Justine McDaniel, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2026
Definition of anteroom
Noun
  • There are also new locker room accommodations for visiting teams that can be turned into lounges for celebrities and musical artists when Albertsons Stadium hosts concerts.
    — Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 30 July 2026
  • From dive bars to beach bars, swanky cocktail speakeasies to retro-throwback lounges, the best bars tell a story – and often serve up something tasty to go with your drink.
    — USA TODAY NETWORK, USA Today, 29 July 2026
Definition of lounge
Noun
  • Truelove is accused of sneaking into a vestibule that is near Studio 1A in Rockefeller Center on July 16 and going up to Melvin, allegedly hurling a racial slur.
    — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Guests first enter through a deep red vestibule before stepping into bedrooms rendered in softer, warmer tones.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 July 2026
Definition of vestibule
Noun
  • In the hallway that night, Miriam had moved close to touch Birdie’s flushed cheek, damp and hot with the sickness.
    — Rachel Yoder, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Inside the hammam, an entire hallway is devoted to visually telling their love story through art and historic panels.
    — Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of hallway
Noun
  • New coalition launches new website The campaign's website, which is promoted in Snyder's waiting room, is called Valley Vax.
    — Karen Brown, NPR, 30 July 2026
  • For example, a crowded waiting room in the United States may suggest inefficiency or poor scheduling.
    — Deidre Popovich, The Conversation, 22 July 2026
Definition of waiting room

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