Definition of "anteroom" []

• An outer room that opens into another room, often used as a waiting room. (noun)

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• "This peaceful little oasis of piety and good will might be described as an anteroom of heaven."
• "Over here on this wall of the anteroom is the second door."
• "The anteroom was a small place fitted up like a parlor, at the side of the stage and on a level with it."