vestibule

noun

ˈve-stə-ˌbyül How to pronounce vestibule (audio)
Definition of vestibulenext
as in foyer
the entrance room of a building please leave your wet boots in the vestibule

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Recent Examples of vestibule An entry foyer displaying a curving staircase introduces the house, with a wide set of steps emptying out at a vestibule that flows to an elegant living room spotlighted by a walk-in bay window and French doors spilling outside. — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 8 Jan. 2025 Cut to this week, as America exited the presidential vestibule between Biden and Trump, and SNL had to establish its tone for Trump 2: The Squeakquel. — Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 26 Jan. 2025 In 2019, Mejia was arrested and charged again, this time with arson after setting on fire the vestibule of his girlfriend’s apartment building. — Lola Fadulu, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025 Even the inclusion of delicate fluting, found at the base of glass-and-metal doors delineating the elevator vestibule from the foyer, came from a frieze Kapito had admired on a Manhattan building. — David Foxley, Architectural Digest, 20 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for vestibule
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vestibule
  1. foyer
  2. hallway
  3. lobby
Noun
  • Other highlights include a soaring foyer sporting a curving wood staircase embellished with Chippendale railings and a fireside living room with floor-to-ceiling walls of glass.
    — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 6 Mar. 2025
  • My grandfather was an avid amateur sky gazer who kept a large reflector telescope in the foyer of his home, right by the entrance, ready for rapid deployment.
    — Jayson Stewart, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Mar. 2025
Definition of foyer
Noun
  • The first responders then fanned out through the sprawling four-bedroom home, meticulously checking bedrooms, hallways, bathrooms and closets for other people or signs of foul play, Moya said.
    — Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2025
  • The final shot in this 'recovered footage' invites you to peer down a long hallway as the cat makes worried noises, seemingly sensing the presence of a Xenomorph.
    — William Lambers, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
Definition of hallway
Noun
  • Last Saturday evening, a recent Columbia University graduate student named Mahmoud Khalil was greeted in the lobby of his apartment building, in Morningside Heights, by four plainclothes agents from the Department of Homeland Security.
    — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Arrested in a Manhattan hotel lobby in September, Combs is facing life in prison if found guilty.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of lobby

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