Pronunciation: | | 'antee`cheymbur
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WordNet Dictionary |
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| Definition: | |
[n] a large entrance or reception room or area |
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ANTECHAMBER is a 11 letter word that starts with A. |
| Synonyms: | | anteroom, entrance hall, foyer, hall, lobby, vestibule |
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| See Also: | | building, edifice, narthex, room |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \An"te*cham`ber\, n. [Cf. F. antichambre.]
1. A chamber or apartment before the chief apartment and
leading into it, in which persons wait for audience; an
outer chamber. See {Lobby}.
2. A space viewed as the outer chamber or the entrance to an
interior part.
The mouth, the antechamber to the digestive canal.
--Todd &
Bowman.
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