anteroom

noun

an·​te·​room ˈan-ti-ˌrüm How to pronounce anteroom (audio)
-ˌru̇m
: a small outer room that leads to another room and that is often used as a waiting room

Examples of anteroom in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web That was just the right amount of space for a receptionist’s anteroom and a windowed office. Larry Buchanan, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2023 His own dwelling is modest, and—characteristic of old Russian manners—entered through an anteroom in which maids see to their needlework. Michelle Orange, Harper's Magazine, 13 Dec. 2023 The visiting manager’s office at Nationals Park has an anteroom with a couch, a small coffee table, and a bookcase. Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2023 The office was packed and the anteroom there were 30 or so people waiting patiently; women, children, men. David Schenker, Foreign Affairs, 18 May 2015 Nauta was seen in surveillance video moving another 11 boxes out of the anteroom on June 1, 2022, according to the unsealed parts of the affidavit. Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 6 July 2023 The chamber voted 68-32 to bar state Rep. Zooey Zephyr (D) from being present on the House floor or in the anteroom or gallery — a move that comes after Zephyr’s silencing led to heated protests at the Capitol on Monday. Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2023 Godfrey said that Tate curators had consulted with the museum’s Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Network and planned an anteroom before the hooded paintings to offer context about American history and Guston’s life and career, in which persecution and the Klan itself figured prominently. New York Times, 1 May 2022 The main bathroom, for example—crowded with antique perfume bottles, etched Venetian mirrors, and Baron von Gloeden’s photographs of winsome Sicilian youths—serves as an anteroom to the bedroom itself. Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 15 Nov. 2021

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Word History

First Known Use

1668, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of anteroom was in 1668

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“Anteroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anteroom. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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anteroom

noun
an·​te·​room ˈant-i-ˌrüm How to pronounce anteroom (audio)
-ˌru̇m
: a room used as an entrance to another

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