Vestibule Definition

vĕstə-byo͝ol
vestibules
noun
vestibules
A small entrance hall or room, either to a building or to a larger room.
Webster's New World
The enclosed passage between passenger cars of a train, with doors for entrance or exit.
Webster's New World
Any cavity or space serving as an entrance to another cavity or space.
The vestibule of the inner ear leads into the cochlea.
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Other Word Forms of Vestibule

Noun

Singular:
vestibule
Plural:
vestibules

Origin of Vestibule

  • Its origin is early 17th century from French, from Latin vestibulum (“entrance court").

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin vestibulum

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Vestibule Sentence Examples

  • Reproductive organs with ducts leading to the vestibule.

  • The vestibule was filled with the discordant sounds of a struggle and of a tipsy, hoarse voice.

  • To the west was a vestibule, from which the Altis was entered by a handsome gateway.

  • In 1779 his bust of Moliere, at the Theatre Frangais, won universal praise, and the celebrated draped statue of Voltaire, in the vestibule of the same theatre, was exhibited at the Salon of 1781, to which Houdon also sent a statue of Marshal de Tourville, commissioned by the king, and the Diana executed for Catharine II.

  • It has a magnificent open roof of carved oak, and is used as the vestibule of the Houses of Parliament.

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Words Starting With

VVEVES

Words Ending With

ELEULE

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