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vestibule


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Vestibule  \Ves"ti*bule\,  n.  [L.  vestibulum,  of  uncertain  origin: 
  cf  F.  vestibule.] 
  The  porch  or  entrance  into  a  house;  a  hall  or  antechamber 
  next  the  entrance;  a  lobby;  a  porch;  a  hall. 
 
  {Vestibule  of  the  ear}.  (Anat.)  See  under  {Ear}. 
 
  {Vestibule  of  the  vulva}  (Anat.),  a  triangular  space  between 
  the  nymph[ae],  in  which  the  orifice  of  the  urethra  is 
  situated. 
 
  {Vestibule  train}  (Railroads),  a  train  of  passenger  cars 
  having  the  space  between  the  end  doors  of  adjacent  cars 
  inclosed,  so  as  to  admit  of  leaving  the  doors  open  to 
  provide  for  intercommunication  between  all  the  cars. 
 
  Syn:  Hall;  passage. 
 
  Usage:  {Vestibule},  {Hall},  {Passage}.  A  vestibule  is  a  small 
  apartment  within  the  doors  of  a  building.  A  hall  is 
  the  first  large  apartment  beyond  the  vestibule,  and 
  in  the  United  States,  is  often  long  and  narrow, 
  serving  as  a  passage  to  the  several  apartments.  In 
  England,  the  hall  is  generally  square  or  oblong,  and  a 
  long,  narrow  space  of  entrance  is  called  a  passage, 
  not  a  hall,  as  in  America.  Vestibule  is  often  used  in 
  a  figurative  sense  to  denote  a  place  of  entrance. 
  ``The  citizens  of  Rome  placed  the  images  of  their 
  ancestors  in  the  vestibules  of  their  houses.'' 
  --Bolingbroke 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Vestibule  \Ves"ti*bule\,  v.  t. 
  To  furnish  with  a  vestibule  or  vestibules.  --Brander 
  Matthews. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  vestibule 
  n  1:  a  large  entrance  or  reception  room  or  area  [syn:  {anteroom}, 
  {antechamber},  {entrance  hall},  {hall},  {foyer},  {lobby}] 
  2:  any  of  various  bodily  cavities  leading  to  another  cavity  (as 
  of  the  ear  or  vagina) 




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