anterooms

plural of anteroom
as in lounges
a small room that is connected to a larger room and used as a place for people to wait before going into the larger room

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Noun
  • In the video, dressed in the workout gear du jour, Miss Piggy lounges while dancers flank her.
    Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The $69 million project features study lounges, recreation areas, housing and academic spaces, outdoor amenities, natural lighting, energy-efficient systems, and e-bike charging stations.
    Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The locker rooms and antechambers behind the scenes are drab and plain.
    Richard Lawson, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Since staterooms are clustered closely together, keeping voices down in hallways—especially late at night—shows consideration for neighbors who may already be asleep.
    Jill Schildhouse, Southern Living, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Overlapping conversations in Russian, Spanish, Romanian, Mandarin and Pashto — plus several others — bleed into the hallways in a cacophony reminiscent of an airport or embassy.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • From pre-war apartment building vestibules to farmhouse bathrooms to kitchen backsplashes, penny tiles have graced spaces of all kinds since their inception in the early twentieth century.
    Heather Bien, The Spruce, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Police have blocked the ATM lanes off with yellow crime scene tape, and multiple agencies, including Dallas police and Texas Rangers, can be seen searching the area around the open vestibules.
    Elissa Jorgensen, Dallas Morning News, 4 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The spot will run for four weeks before screenings of Primetime and in movie theater lobbies.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026
  • For heritage properties long defined by golf, pools and grand lobbies, that shift is a reason to rethink the spa.
    Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026
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“Anterooms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anterooms. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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