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anteroom
[ an-tee-room, -room ]
anteroom
/ -ˌrʊm; ˈæntɪˌruːm /
noun
- a room giving entrance to a larger room, often used as a waiting room
Example Sentences
Beside her in the anteroom was her adviser Avinash Persaud, a close friend since the days when they each studied at the London School of Economics, where she received her law degree in 1986.
There was a black kid waiting in the anteroom and I asked him if he would stand up for us.
At this time, House Speaker Nicholas Longworth made his own alcohol and served it to colleagues in his anteroom.
When the corporate lobbyists arrived, however, they were told to cool their heels in an anteroom.
Left alone in the anteroom, mademoiselle crossed to the window and dropped limply into a chair.
No servant of the chateau was allowed past the door of the outer anteroom, now commonly spoken of as the guardroom of the tower.
With a half-smile he rose, and going to the door he bade his page who was idling in the anteroom go summon the captain.
The next moment he is having a cooling drink among his confrères in the anteroom.
"Speak very low; he is in there," she said, pointing to the anteroom where Millar was hiding.
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