/
ˈvɛstɪbjuːl/
n.
- an antechamber or hall just inside the outer door of a building.
- Anatomy a chamber or channel opening into another, especially in the inner ear.
Derivative
- vestibular adj. (Anatomy ).
- vestibuled adj.
Etymology
C17 (denoting the space in front of the main entrance of a classical Roman or Greek building): from Fr., or from L. vestibulum ‘entrance court’.
