anteroom

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Etymology

From ante- +‎ room.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈæn.ti.ɹʊm/
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  • Rhymes: -uːm

Noun

anteroom (plural anterooms)

  1. A room before, or forming an entrance to, another; a waiting room.
    • 1919, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter 19, in Tarzan the Untamed:
      [T]his was one of the anterooms off the main throneroom in which the king was accustomed to hold court with his entire retinue.
    • 1997, Michael McKenzie, Arrowhead Home of the Chiefs:
      Several antique games, such as a skiddles table, occupy an upstairs anteroom.

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