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 
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Noun
  • Matty plotted to get herself alone with Olympia’s phone in a courthouse anteroom, but the client liked Matty’s vibe and asked her to sit next to her in court.
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 24 Oct. 2024
  • The first space a visitor to Alchemist enters is an anteroom that establishes the theme of the evening, as conceived by Munk.
    Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • Cabin guests can access the lounge 24/7 with their key card, but a desk is staffed during working hours to assist with check-in, rentals, and the shuttle to the main lodge.
    Taylor McIntyre, Travel + Leisure, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Carnival has also carved out a cabin category just for families: Family Harbor sees spacious family cabins and suites clustered together, with access to an exclusive family lounge with games and snacks.
    Kerry Spencer, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The separate fly creates a roomy vestibule outside the doorway.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 30 Nov. 2024
  • Green also created the sounds and, often, the technology that underpinned talking vestibules and kiosks in public spaces across the country, including one at City Park near the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial.
    John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 13 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • On his way to an appointment on Wednesday afternoon with Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., Hegseth passed in the hallway by fellow nominee, former congresswoman and Democrat-now-Republican Tulsi Gabbard.
    Savannah Kuchar, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
  • While showing viewers around their sprawling primary bedroom, the couple pauses to unveil the three giant eyeballs installed in the hallway just outside the space.
    Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Then, in the waiting room, there were truly 10 other Gildas sat waiting to go in with big curly hair.
    Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 1 Dec. 2024
  • Indeed, the waiting room at her clinic was packed on a Friday morning in September.
    Aria Bendix, NBC News, 26 Nov. 2024

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“Antechamber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antechamber. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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