Antechamber
/ˈæn.tiˌt͡ʃeɪm.bɚ/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A small room used as an entryway or reception area to a larger room.
"Who knows. Perhaps the Ark is still waiting in some antechamber for us to discover. Perhaps there's some vital bit of evidence which eludes us. Perhaps…"
- 2 a large entrance or reception room or area wordnet
- 3 The space immediately below the guard cells of a stoma.
Example
More examples"Archaeologists excavating a massive burial mound in northern Greece have found two marble sculptures of female figures and a large, colored marble panel in what appears to be the antechamber of the main room."
Etymology
From Middle French antichambre, with remodelling after ante- and chamber. By surface analysis, ante- + chamber.