vestibule
noun
ves·ti·bule
ˈve-stə-ˌbyül 
1
a
: a passage, hall, or room between the outer door and the interior of a building : lobby
b
: an enclosed entrance at the end of a railway passenger car
2
: any of various bodily cavities especially when serving as or resembling an entrance to some other cavity or space: such as
a
: the central cavity of the bony labyrinth of the inner ear or the parts (such as the saccule and utricle) of the membranous labyrinth that it contains
b
: the part of the left ventricle below the aortic orifice
c
: the space between the labia minora containing the orifice of the urethra
d
: the part of the mouth cavity outside the teeth and gums
3
: a course that offers access (as to something new)
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please leave your wet boots in the vestibule
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Larry Penner, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2025
It was located in the vestibule of the entrance hall under the grand staircase.
—Kelsie Gibson, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
After a Bible study session in 1985, Harold Swain, 66, and Thelma Swain, 63, a married couple, were killed in the vestibule of the Rising Daughter Baptist Church in Waverly, Ga., about 14 miles southeast of Waynesville.
—Hank Sanders, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Step into the vestibule and you are greeted with polished marble floors and a series of show-stopping, contemporary chandeliers, setting the scene for what is to come.
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Larry Penner, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2025
It was located in the vestibule of the entrance hall under the grand staircase.
—Kelsie Gibson, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
After a Bible study session in 1985, Harold Swain, 66, and Thelma Swain, 63, a married couple, were killed in the vestibule of the Rising Daughter Baptist Church in Waverly, Ga., about 14 miles southeast of Waynesville.
—Hank Sanders, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Step into the vestibule and you are greeted with polished marble floors and a series of show-stopping, contemporary chandeliers, setting the scene for what is to come.
—Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Vestibule.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vestibule. Accessed 26 Jan. 2025.
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vestibule
noun
ves·ti·bule
ˈves-tə-ˌbyü(ə)l
: a hall or room between the outer door and the inside part of a building
Medical Definition
vestibule
noun
ves·ti·bule
ˈves-tə-ˌbyül
: any of various bodily cavities especially when serving as or resembling an entrance to some other cavity or space: as
a(1)
: the central cavity of the bony labyrinth of the ear
(2)
: the parts of the membranous labyrinth comprising the utricle and the saccule and contained in the cavity of the bony labyrinth
b
: the space between the labia minora containing the orifice of the urethra
c
: the part of the left ventricle of the heart immediately below the aortic orifice
d
: the part of the mouth cavity outside the teeth and gums
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