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vestibule
[ves-tuh-byool] 
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vestibule
[ves-tuh-byool]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small room for arrivals |
| Synonyms: | antechamber, anteroom, doorway, entrance, entrance hall, entry, entryway, foyer, gateway, hall, hallway, lobby, narthex, porch, portal, portico |
| Main Entry: | entry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | way in to a place |
| Synonyms: | access, adit, approach, avenue, door, doorway, entrance, foyer, gate, hall, ingress, ingression, inlet, lobby, opening, passage, passageway, portal, threshold, vestibule |
| Antonyms: | egress, exit |
| Main Entry: | foyer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | receiving area |
| Synonyms: | antechamber, anteroom, entrance hall, lobby, reception, vestibule |
| Main Entry: | hall |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | corridor |
| Synonyms: | anteroom, entrance, entranceway, entry, foyer, gallery, hallway, lobby, pass, passage, passageway, room, rotunda, vestibule |
| Notes: | a hall is a corridor or passageway in a building; haul (noun) is something that is pulled or transported, and haul (verb) carry or drag slowly or heavily |
| Main Entry: | lobby |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | entrance hall |
| Synonyms: | antechamber, corridor, doorway, foyer, gateway, hall, hallway, passage, passageway, porch, vestibule, waiting room |
| Main Entry: | passage/passageway |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | path for travel |
| Synonyms: | access, alley, alleyway, avenue, channel, corridor, course, doorway, entrance, entrance hall, exit, gap, hall, hallway, lane, line, lobby, opening, pathway, road, route, shaft, subway, thoroughfare, tunnel, vestibule, way |
| Antonyms: | blockage, stop |
| Main Entry: | threshold |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opening; beginning |
| Synonyms: | brink, dawn, door, doorstep, doorway, edge, entrance, gate, inception, origin, outset, point, point of departure, sill, start, starting point, verge, vestibule |
| Main Entry: | waiting room |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | room for attendants |
| Synonyms: | antechamber, anteroom, foyer, lobby, reception room, salle d'attente, vestibule |
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