Hypertext Webster Gateway: "antechamber"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Antechamber \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
antechamber
n : a large entrance or reception room or area [syn: {anteroom},
{entrance hall}, {hall}, {foyer}, {lobby}, {vestibule}]
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