Vestibule
['vestɪbjuːl] or ['vɛstɪbjul]
Definition
(noun.) any of various bodily cavities leading to another cavity (as of the ear or vagina).
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Definition
(n.) The porch or entrance into a house; a hall or antechamber next the entrance; a lobby; a porch; a hall.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Porch, entrance way.[2]. Hall, lobby, ante-room.
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Definition
n. an open court or porch before a house: a hall next the entrance to a house: (anat.) a small bony cavity forming part of the ear—also Vestib′-ūlum.—v.t. to furnish with a vestibule.—adjs. Vestib′ūlar Vestib′ūlāte.
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Examples
- About the middle of the letter I heard--what checked my pen--a tread in the vestibule. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- As soundless, as unresisting, as if some propitious genius had waited on a sesame-charm, in the vestibule within. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The bustle in the vestibule, as she passed along an inner lobby, assured her that they were already in the house. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Running through the vestibule, and up-stairs to the drawing-room, there I found Mrs. Bretton--a summer-day in her own person. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Lydia's voice was heard in the vestibule; the door was thrown open, and she ran into the room. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- She followed Mr. Helstone reluctantly through that porch into the sombre old vestibule beyond. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- At six the bell rang merrily, and we poured down the staircase, through the carré, along the corridor, into the vestibule. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Dr. Grant was in the vestibule, and as they stopt to speak to him she found, from Edmund's manner, that he _did_ mean to go with her. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- At that moment a man's step was heard in the vestibule, hastily proceeding to the outer door. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- At the entrance to the store-room there must be a vestibule, either inside or outside, as space or circumstances may direct. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
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