antechamber
[an-tee-cheym-ber]
- a chamber or room that serves as a waiting room and entrance to a larger room or an apartment; anteroom.
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Origin of antechamber
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hallway, porch, hall, vestibule, corridor, foyer, doorway, chamber, apartment, cage, cubicle, box, room, cell, bedroom, lobby, passageway, gateway, passage, antechamberExamples from the Web for antechamber
Contemporary Examples
Once inside the school cafeteria, which served as an antechamber, each candidate had his own booth.
Historical Examples
He dashed out into the antechamber, and I heard him bellowing orders.
The Strolling SaintRaphael Sabatini
She was removed to the Conciergerie, the antechamber of the guillotine.
The Historical Nights Entertainment, Second SeriesRafael Sabatini
No sooner had I appeared in the antechamber than I was ushered into the presence of the secretary.
Sir Jasper CarewCharles James Lever
In your antechamber a capricious tyrant waits us all at birth.
The antechamber is full of them; and there they are—on promotion, you understand.
Little Novels of ItalyMaurice Henry Hewlett
antechamber
- another name for anteroom
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Word Origin
C17: from Old French, from Italian anticamera; see ante-, chamber
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