antechamber

an·te·cham·ber

A0327500 (ăn′tē-chām′bər)n. A smaller room serving as an entryway into a larger room.

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[French antichambre : anti-, before (from Latin ante-; see ante-) + chambre, chamber (from Old French chaumbre; see chamber).]

antechamber

(ˈæntɪˌtʃeɪmbə) n (Architecture) another name for anteroom[C17: from Old French, from Italian anticamera; see ante-, chamber]

an•te•cham•ber

(ˈæn tiˌtʃeɪm bər)

n. a room that serves as a waiting room and entrance to a larger room or an apartment; anteroom. [1650–60; earlier antichamber < French antichambre]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

antechamber - a large entrance or reception room or areaanteroom, entrance hall, foyer, lobby, vestibule, hallbuilding, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice"narthex - a vestibule leading to the nave of a churchroom - an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view"

Translations

antichambreanticamera