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
  • Diamond Binta is home to five guest cabins, sleeping up to 12, as well as the full-beam owner’s suite, accented by asymmetrical shapes, a drop-down terrace, and a starboard side lounge.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Getting three or four solid hours done between flights is very possible in a work-friendly exclusive lounge.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Photo: Joel Pitra/DD Reps Off the vestibule is a one-bedroom apartment with the same Heart Pine flooring as the rest of the house.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 18 Sep. 2024
  • Two of the mice had gotten cornered somewhere in the vestibule.
    Jesse Ball, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
Noun
  • In addition to the buttons, the contract includes visual strobes that will be installed in every classroom, hallway, and common are.
    Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Miss Casey was last seen entering the elevator in that dark-walled hallway that Irving keeps painting, with an arrow that points only down.
    Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The free Doggie Depot event will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 1 in the waiting room at the Lowertown transportation and event hub.
    Kristi Miller, Twin Cities, 5 Jan. 2025
  • In fact, the restaurant, celebrating its 25th year, opened just weeks after Union Station’s reopening in 1999 at 39 W. Pershing Road — the space used to be a waiting room for women and children.
    Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2025

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

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