Thesaurus results for ANTEROOM

anteroom

noun

Definition of anteroom

as in antechamber

a small room that is connected to a larger room and used as a place for people to wait before going into the larger room

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Recent Examples of anteroom 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 Another smartly dressed man appears, smiling, and guides us into a discreet anteroom. — Caroline Law, TheWeek, 9 Feb. 2026 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 His own dwelling is modest, and—characteristic of old Russian manners—entered through an anteroom in which maids see to their needlework. — Eugène-Melchior De Vogüé, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2024 See All Example Sentences for anteroom

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Noun

For 10 long years, the sovereign toiled in a 2-by-10-foot castle antechamber to create the perfect beer.

— Bill Swank, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 June 2026
The doors open up to an antechamber set with chairs and benches.

— Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2026

Definition of antechamber

Noun

Because some of my earliest departures happen before my neighborhood coffee shop or even the airport lounge opens, caffeine is a non-negotiable.

— Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 16 July 2026
The staff will also be able to direct you to a more peaceful place in the lounge.

— R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 16 July 2026

Definition of lounge

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Though his tail was wagging, the dog immediately bounded down the hallway toward an officer, who fired his service pistol four times, killing the dog.

— Paige St. John, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
Finally, at the far end of the hallway, on the opposite side of the home to the living room, is the bedroom.

— Adam Williams July 04, New Atlas, 4 July 2026

Definition of hallway

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Suskind, a cochlear implant surgeon and professor of surgery and pediatrics at the University of Chicago, says for years the waiting room in her practice would be a cacophony of baby cries and toddler screeches.

— Eileen Finan, PEOPLE, 14 July 2026
Rey spent a few minutes in the waiting room of the ISAP office—a drab space with bare blue-and-white walls and two rows of chairs—before an official summoned him inside.

— Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 13 July 2026

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