Meaning & use

anteroom

noun·Advanced

A small room that serves as an entrance to a larger, more important room.

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The lawyers waited in the anteroom until the judge was ready to see them.

A coat rack and two chairs were the only furniture in the narrow anteroom.

A note on using this word

Anteroom is slightly more everyday than antechamber, which often carries a grander, more historical tone.

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