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.
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Antechamber
//ˈæn.tiˌt͡ʃeɪm.bɚ//
Synonyms for "antechamber" (11 found)
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Translations
40 translations across 27 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- θυρών noun (small room)
Arabic
1 entries- غُرْفَة الاِنْتِظَار noun (small room)
Belarusian
1 entries- вітальня noun (small room)
Bulgarian
2 entries- вестибюл noun (small room)
- чакалня noun (small room)
Catalan
2 entries- avantcambra noun (small room)
- avantsala noun (small room)
Czech
2 entries- předpokoj noun (small room)
- předsíň noun (small room)
Danish
2 entries- forlokale noun (small room)
- forrum noun (small room)
Dutch
1 entries- voorkamer noun (small room)
Esperanto
1 entries- antaŭĉambro noun (small room)
Finnish
2 entries- eteinen noun (small room)
- etuhuone noun (small room)
French
1 entries- antichambre noun (small room)
German
3 entries- Vorkammer noun (small room)
- Vorraum noun (small room)
- Vorzimmer noun (small room)
Hungarian
1 entries- előszoba noun (small room)
Ido
1 entries- avanchambro noun (small room)
Italian
1 entries- anticamera noun (small room)
Macedonian
1 entries- пре́тсобје noun (small room)
Norwegian
1 entries- forkammer noun (small room)
Polish
1 entries- przedpokój noun (small room)
Portuguese
1 entries- antecâmara noun (small room)
Russian
1 entries- прихо́жая noun (small room)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- mach-sheòmar noun (small room)
- ro-sheòmar noun (small room)
- roimh-sheòmar noun (small room)
- seòmar-aghaidh noun (small room)
Silesian
1 entries- antryj noun (small room)
Spanish
3 entries- antecámara noun (small room)
- antesala noun (small room)
- recibimiento noun (small room)
Swedish
1 entries- förrum noun (small room)
Telugu
1 entries- మొగసాల noun (small room)
Turkish
1 entries- antre noun (small room)
Welsh
1 entries- rhagystafell noun (small room)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
The antechamber was dimly lit, filled with portraits of long-dead ancestors.
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The archaeologists discovered a hidden antechamber leading to the pharaoh's tomb.
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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…
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