[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

antechamber \an"techam`ber\, n. cf. f. antichambre.
   1. a chamber or apartment before the chief apartment and
      leading into it, in which persons wait for audience; an
      outer chamber. see lobby.
      1913 webster

   2. a space viewed as the outer chamber or the entrance to an
      interior part.
      1913 webster

            the mouth, the antechamber to the digestive canal.
                                                  --todd 
                                                  bowman.
      1913 webster
see also:
lobby 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

antechamber
     n : a large entrance or reception room or area syn: anteroom,
          entrance hall, hall, foyer, lobby, vestibule
see also:
anteroom entrance hall hall foyer lobby vestibule 

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