noun
anteroom
Anteroom (noun) means a room that comes before another, or acts as its entryway; a waiting room.
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A room that comes before another, or acts as its entryway; a waiting room.
"Several antique games, such as a skiddles table, occupy an upstairs anteroom."
— Michael McKenzie, Arrowhead Home of the Chiefs (1997)
"These stories take on pulp fiction’s sensational subjects. But episodes of murder, suicide and adultery turn out to be just anterooms to an echo chamber filled with subtle and far-reaching thematic reverberations."
— , Editors’ Choice (2009)
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Etymology
Formed from ante- and room, as a calque of French antichambre or its model, Italian anticamera.
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What is the meaning of anteroom?
"anteroom" (noun) means a room that comes before another, or acts as its entryway; a waiting room.
What is another word for anteroom?
Other words for "anteroom" include hall, lobby, antechamber, foyer, vestibule.
