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
  • 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
  • The heart of the social areas is a Southeast-facing lounge with integrated millwork, designer lighting, and custom wispy white drapery.
    Emma Reynolds, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The first floor contains the kitchen, bathroom, and lounge area, while the upstairs is the bedroom and balcony.
    Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The enormous vestibule is another 90 square feet, which is big enough to fit multiple mountain bikes.
    Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Another view of the kitchen reveals how a vestibule was taken over to house the extra-large mirrored refrigerator, painted in Farrow & Ball’s India Yellow.
    David Foxley, Architectural Digest, 20 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Zhenya crouches there in the hallway, cradling her hands, her jacket released.
    Suzanne Seggerman, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
  • As everyone yells at each other, Torres sneaks around the hallways trying to get a signal on his phone.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Robert and Catherine take turns trading places between the ICU, the waiting room, and the hospital entrance, where people go to take phone calls and smoke and scream.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
  • In the waiting room is a gruff Rino, whom Lenù hasn’t seen in ages.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2024

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“Antechamber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antechamber. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.

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