anteroom

Definition

A room before, or forming an entrance to, another; a waiting room.

Etymology

From ante- + room, as a calque of French antichambre or its model Italian anticamera.

Example Sentences

• "[T]his was one of the anterooms off the main throneroom in which the king was accustomed to hold court with his entire retinue."
• "Several antique games, such as a skiddles table, occupy an upstairs anteroom."
• "These stories take on pulp fiction’s sensational subjects. But episodes of murder, suicide and adultery turn out to be just anterooms to an echo chamber filled with subtle and far-reaching thematic reverberations."