anteroom

[an-tee-room, -room]

noun

1. a room that admits to a larger room.

2. a waiting room.

anteroom

/ -ˌrʊm, ˈæntɪˌruːm /

noun

1. a room giving entrance to a larger room, often used as a waiting room

Word History and Origins

Origin of anteroom¹

First recorded in 1755–65; ante- + room

Example Sentences

One space, the first floor anteroom, is lined with red and gold silk, with centuries-old paintings hanging on the walls and an elaborately decorative fireplace standing beside a huge floor-to-ceiling window.

From BBC

Elliott notes that a Picasso painting hangs in the anteroom of a prominent political family’s Washington, D.C., bathroom.

From Los Angeles Times

Elliott notes that a Picasso painting hangs in the anteroom to a prominent political family’s Washington, D.C. bathroom.

From Los Angeles Times

The manager and another staffer ushered her mother and sister into an anteroom that wasn't large enough for the three of them and peppered Ani with questions about her mother's mental stability.

From Salon

A spare anteroom, a desk, a red phone.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• entrance 
• foyer 
• gallery 
• hallway 
• lobby 
• room 
• rotunda