Antechamber

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  • noun. A smaller room serving as an entryway into a larger room.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A chamber or an apartment through which access is had to a principal apartment, and in which persons wait for audience. Formerly also spelled antichamber.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A chamber or apartment before the chief apartment and leading into it, in which persons wait for audience; an outer chamber. See lobby.
  • noun. A space viewed as the outer chamber or the entrance to an interior part.
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  • noun. A small room used as an entryway or reception area to a larger room.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a large entrance or reception room or area
    • Word Usage
    "Of her influence we need no better evidence than the fact that her salon was called the antechamber to the Academie Francaise."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    room  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    Narthex  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    alcove  anteroom  atrium  bedchamber  dining  
    variant
    lobby  
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