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   vestibule

   /ˈvɛstɪbjuːl/

   noun

   • 1. an antechamber, hall, or lobby next to the outer door of a building.
   • ▪ an enclosed entrance compartment in a railway carriage.
   • 2. a chamber or channel opening into another.
   • ▪ the central cavity of the labyrinth of the inner ear.
   • ▪ the part of the mouth outside the teeth.
   • ▪ the space in the vulva into which both the urethra and vagina open.

   Word Origin early 17th century (denoting the space in front of the main entrance of a classical Roman or Greek building): from French, or from Latin vestibulum ‘entrance court’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. vestibuled adjective

   Scrabble Points: 14

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