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One expects to find an antechamber outside the private chambers of a Supreme Court Justice or leading into the great hall of a medieval castle. In the private end of the castle the lord's or lady's bedchamber would have its own antechamber, which served as a dressing room and sitting room, but could also house bodyguards if the castle came under siege. Anteroom is a less formal synonym, one that's often applied to the waiting rooms of professional offices today.
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Early rooms are usually the same and somewhat simple — hallways, bedrooms, and puzzle parlors — but the closer the player gets up the rungs of the grid toward the antechamber, the higher the rank of each room gets, with more complex options (and solutions) presenting themselves.
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Diego Argüello, Rolling Stone, 12 Apr. 2025
But for the sake of social history, Miss Manners will try:
Boudoir: a bedroom, or antechamber to one, where a lady receives her intimates.
—Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2024
The larynx functions like an antechamber to the windpipe, or trachea, with a flap of tissue called the epiglottis keeping food and drink from falling down the windpipe.
—Kate Golembiewski, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2024
Those who did not fit inside the council chambers watched the meeting livestream in the antechamber.
—Luis Melecio-Zambrano, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2024
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Diego Argüello, Rolling Stone, 12 Apr. 2025
But for the sake of social history, Miss Manners will try:
Boudoir: a bedroom, or antechamber to one, where a lady receives her intimates.
—Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2024
The larynx functions like an antechamber to the windpipe, or trachea, with a flap of tissue called the epiglottis keeping food and drink from falling down the windpipe.
—Kate Golembiewski, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2024
Those who did not fit inside the council chambers watched the meeting livestream in the antechamber.
—Luis Melecio-Zambrano, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2024
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“Antechamber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antechamber. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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antechamber
noun
an·te·cham·ber
ˈant-i-ˌchām-bər 
: anteroom
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