Sekirov Dictionary

vestibule

UK /ˈvɛ.stɪ.bjuːl/US /ˈvɛ.stəˌbjul/

noun 8
verb 1
forms 3

noun8

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A small entrance hall, antechamber, passage, or room between the outer door and the main hall, lobby, or interior of a building.
- Lydia's voice was heard in the vestibule; the door was thrown open, and she ran into the room. — 1813
A large entrance hall in a temple or palace.
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An enclosed entrance at the end of a railway passenger car.
- The exit side of the front vestibule contains a sliding door. — 1912
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Any of a number of body cavities or channels, serving as or resembling an entrance to another bodily space.
- The Vestibule (vestibulum nasi). — The paired vestibule may be considered an antechamber to the nasal fossa. — 1920
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.
The part of the left ventricle below the aortic orifice.
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The part of the mouth outside the teeth and gums.
- The incision of the mucosa over the premaxilla is traced a millimetre or two from the furrow that marks the bottom of the barely-defined vestibule. — 2001
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Clipping of vulval vestibule: the space in the vulva between the labia minora and into which both the urethra and vagina open.
- She spread her labia further, both sets of lips protecting the vestibule, the delicate area between them. — 2021

verb1

To furnish with a vestibule or vestibules.

forms

vestibuled · vestibuling · vestibules

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