Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An outer room that opens into another room, often used as a waiting room.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A smaller room before a chief apartment, to which access is had through it; especially, a waiting-room used for the temporary reception of visitors, etc.; an antechamber.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A room before, or forming an entrance to, another; a waiting room.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A room before, or forming an entrance to, another; a
waiting room .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a large entrance or reception room or area
Etymologies
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Examples
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This peaceful little oasis of piety and good will might be described as an anteroom of heaven.
NYT > Home Page By STEPHEN HOLDEN 2011
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This peaceful little oasis of piety and good will might be described as an anteroom of heaven.
NYT > Home Page By STEPHEN HOLDEN 2011
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Over here on this wall of the anteroom is the second door.
Transfer of Power Vince Flynn 1999
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Over here on this wall of the anteroom is the second door.
Vince Flynn Collectors’ Edition #1 Vince Flynn 1997
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The anteroom was a small place fitted up like a parlor, at the side of the stage and on a level with it.
Elizabeth Hobart at Exeter Hall R. G. [Illustrator] Vosburgh 1895
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In the anteroom was the knight in black armor whom Myles had seen from the window.
Men of Iron 1891
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Through a big window-door they could look into a small, grassy court that served as a garden: and opening from the anteroom was a second room much larger, which also gave upon the garden court.
It Happened in Egypt 1889
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The anteroom was a mass of palms, and the idea of the assemblage of the guests in the tropics and their sudden transference to the land of ice was excellently carried out.
The Gourmet's Guide to Europe Algernon Bastard 1885
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In the anteroom was the knight in black armor whom Myles had seen from the window.
Men of Iron Howard Pyle 1882
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The first thing which struck him on entering the anteroom was the scent of patchouli, which was very repulsive to him; several tall trunks and coffers were standing there.
A Nobleman's Nest Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev 1850
dailyword commented on the word anteroom
Captain Picard used this word when he wanted to talk to the admiral about what happened to Data.
June 13, 2012