Thesaurus results for ANTEROOM

anteroom

noun

Definition of anteroom

as in antechamber

a small room that is connected to a larger room and used as a place for people to wait before going into the larger room

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Recent Examples of anteroom Shots were fired in an anteroom that had not an hour before seen thousands of guests, including senior government officials, streaming through. — Justine McDaniel, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2026 Another smartly dressed man appears, smiling, and guides us into a discreet anteroom. — Caroline Law, TheWeek, 9 Feb. 2026 Among the several measures is the creation of a 6,200-square-meter anteroom, or a large plaza on Placa Gaudi in front of the basilica. — Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2025 His own dwelling is modest, and—characteristic of old Russian manners—entered through an anteroom in which maids see to their needlework. — Eugène-Melchior De Vogüé, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2024 See All Example Sentences for anteroom

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Noun

For 10 long years, the sovereign toiled in a 2-by-10-foot castle antechamber to create the perfect beer.

— Bill Swank, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 June 2026
The doors open up to an antechamber set with chairs and benches.

— Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2026

Definition of antechamber

Noun

The main lounge has a sunken living room seating area, dining tables, and a bar serving coffee and cocktails.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026
Guests in Red Level rooms (Gran Meliá’s premium service) can access a private club lounge for all-day snacks, meals, and drinks; dedicated check-in; a private concierge and a private terrace.

— Eddi Fiegel, Robb Report, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of lounge

Noun

Overlapping conversations in Russian, Spanish, Romanian, Mandarin and Pashto — plus several others — bleed into the hallways in a cacophony reminiscent of an airport or embassy.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2026
There are also three runner lengths to use in a kitchen, bathroom or hallway.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of hallway

Noun

The smell of rubber and oil remains in the air, and the sound of workers changing tires combines with music from a DJ inside the shop’s waiting room.

— Michael Wayland, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2026
Bonds, who carries the BRCA gene, remembers going to a waiting room and being handed a beeper that would alert her when a doctor was ready.

— Eileen Finan, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026

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