Antechamber

created by Webster 1913
(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:49:08

An"te*cham`ber (#), n. [Cf. F. antichambre.]

1.

A chamber or apartment before the chief apartment and leading into it, in which persons wait for audience; an outer chamber. See Lobby.

2.

A space viewed as the outer chamber or the entrance to an interior part.

The mouth, the antechamber to the digestive canal. Todd & Bowman.

 

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