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ves·ti·bule 
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| 1. | a passage, hall, or antechamber between the outer door and the interior parts of a house or building. |
| 2. | Railroads. an enclosed space at the end of a passenger car, serving as a sheltered entrance to the car from another car or from outside the train. |
| 3. | Anatomy, Zoology. any of various cavities or hollows regarded as forming an approach or entrance to another cavity or space, as that of the internal ear. |
| 4. | to provide with a vestibule. |
[Origin: 1615–25; < L vestibulum forecourt, entrance]
] | Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006. |
Vestibule
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| ves·ti·bule
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n.
[Latin vestibulum.] |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
vestibule
1623, "a porch," later "antechamber, lobby" (1730), from Fr. vestible, from L. vestibulum "forecourt, entrance," of unknown origin.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| vestibule | |
noun | |
| 1. | a large entrance or reception room or area [syn: anteroom] |
| 2. | any of various bodily cavities leading to another cavity (as of the ear or vagina) |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
vestibule
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An oval cavity in the inner ear that together with the semicircular canals makes up the organ that maintains equilibrium in vertebrates. |
| The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
Vestibule
Hall\, n. [OE. halle, hal, AS. heal, heall; akin to D. hal, OS. & OHG. halla, G. halle, Icel. h["o]lt, and prob. from a root meaning, to hide, conceal, cover. See Hell, Helmet.]1. A building or room of considerable size and stateliness, used for public purposes; as, Westminster Hall, in London. 2. (a) The chief room in a castle or manor house, and in early times the only public room, serving as the place of gathering for the lord's family with the retainers and servants, also for cooking and eating. It was often contrasted with the bower, which was the private or sleeping apartment. Full sooty was her bower and eke her hall. --Chaucer. Hence, as the entrance from outside was directly into the hall: (b) A vestibule, entrance room, etc., in the more elaborated buildings of later times. Hence: (c) Any corridor or passage in a building. 3. A name given to many manor houses because the magistrate's court was held in the hall of his mansion; a chief mansion house. --Cowell. 4. A college in an English university (at Oxford, an unendowed college). 5. The apartment in which English university students dine in common; hence, the dinner itself; as, hall is at six o'clock. 6. Cleared passageway in a crowd; -- formerly an exclamation. [Obs.] "A hall! a hall!" --B. Jonson. Syn: Entry; court; passage. See Vestibule.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Vestibule
Ves"ti*bule\, v. t. To furnish with a vestibule or vestibules. --Brander Matthews.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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