Meaning & use

vestibule

noun·Advanced

A small entrance hall or lobby that leads from the outside door into the main part of a building.

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We stamped the snow off our boots in the vestibule before entering the apartment.

The church's vestibule was lined with coat hooks and a small bulletin board.

A note on using this word

In anatomy, "vestibule" also names small chamber-like structures in the body, such as the vestibule of the inner ear, a specialized medical sense.

Words with a similar meaning

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