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 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 Orwell’s antechamber will have gone. Tom Moon, Forbes, 7 May 2021 Two guides appear, likewise cleansed of earthly cares, and lead me into a broad antechamber that could be part of a very, very clean senatorial Roman bath. Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 21 Mar. 2023 See all Example Sentences for antechamber 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for antechamber
Noun
  • Photo : Concierge Auctions To the right of the foyer are wide steps leading down into an anteroom and the elegant fireside living room beyond.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 8 Jan. 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
Noun
  • Her hypnotic voice conjured up scenes reminiscent of Isabella Rossellini’s entrancing lounge singer performance from the David Lynch film Blue Velvet.
    Paul Chi, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2025
  • Danny Meyer’s company is reviving the View, a rotating restaurant, bar, and lounge atop the New York Marriott Marquis.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 12 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Cut to this week, as America exited the presidential vestibule between Biden and Trump, and SNL had to establish its tone for Trump 2: The Squeakquel.
    Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 26 Jan. 2025
  • In 2019, Mejia was arrested and charged again, this time with arson after setting on fire the vestibule of his girlfriend’s apartment building.
    Lola Fadulu, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The hallways outside the locker room, where people congregated behind the scenes, trafficked in relationships.
    Marcus Thompson II, The Athletic, 16 Feb. 2025
  • President Donald Trump's mug shot, one of the most infamous photos of the president that became a symbol of defiance for Trump and his supporters, now proudly hangs in the hallway outside the Oval Office.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Expand All Yuba City Everyone was crying when Johnny Matthews rushed into the hospital waiting room.
    Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 26 Jan. 2025
  • No more searching for a parking spot and reading a year-old magazine in an uncomfortable waiting room chair.
    Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025

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“Antechamber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antechamber. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.

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