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Synonyms for vestibule

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hall entrance hall lobby foyer portico salutatory

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Noun

1. Entrance hall — A small entrance hall, antechamber, passage, or room between the outer door and the main hall, lobby, or…

entrance hall, hall, foyer, lobby, ante chamber, front room, passage, entry, ante-room

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A small entrance hall, antechamber, passage, or room between the outer door and the main hall, lobby, or interior of a building.

Forms

Plural
vestibules → halls, foyers, lobbies, passages…

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A vestibule is a small apartment within the doors of a building. A hall is the first large apartment beyond the vestibule, and, in the United States, is often long and narrow, serving as a passage to the several apartments.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Example sentences

  • hall I saw a gangster lying in the light from the hall.
  • lobby Three beautiful ladies just walked into the lobby.
  • foyer Let's meet in the foyer of the Imperial Hotel at 6.30 p.m.
  • portico Tom entered through a columned portico.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
vestibulesteady
hallrising
lobbyrising
foyerrising
porticosteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
hall1
5 letters
entry2, lobby2, foyer2
7 letters
passage2, portico3
10 letters
salutatory

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (entry2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
vestibule
Italiano
vestibolo
Español
vestíbulo
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