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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a large entrance or reception room or area;
[syn: anteroom, antechamber, entrance hall, hall, foyer, lobby, vestibule]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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   2. A space viewed as the outer chamber or the entrance to an
      interior part.
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            The mouth, the antechamber to the digestive canal.
                                                  --Todd &
                                                  Bowman.
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