antechamber
nounUK /ˈæn.tiˌt͡ʃeɪm.bə/ · US /ˈæn.tiˌt͡ʃeɪm.bɚ/
Etymology From Middle French antichambre, with remodelling after ante- and chamber. By surface analysis, ante- + chamber.
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A small room used as an entryway or reception area to a larger room.
- Who knows. Perhaps the Ark is still waiting in some antechamber for us to discover. Perhaps there's some vital bit of evidence which eludes us. Perhaps…1981, Lawrence Kasdan, Raiders of the Lost Ark, spoken by Belloq:
- "This is merely the antechamber, the entrance hall," said Dumbledore after a moment or two.2005 July 16, J. K. Rowling [pseudonym; Joanne Rowling], Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter; 6), London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:
- Derived terms
- antechambered