anteroom

• ante-room, anti-room, antiroom

From ante- +‎ room.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæn.ti.ɹʊm/

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• Rhymes: -uːm

anteroom (plural anterooms)

1. A room before, or forming an entrance to, another; a waiting room.
   • 1919, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter 19, in Tarzan the Untamed:

     [T]his was one of the anterooms off the main throneroom in which the king was accustomed to hold court with his entire retinue.

   • 1997, Michael McKenzie, Arrowhead Home of the Chiefs:

     Several antique games, such as a skiddles table, occupy an upstairs anteroom.

• antechamber
• foreroom