Waiting area

• There cabman shakes in waiting room
• A large entrance or reception room or area

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1650s, from French antichambre (16c.), on analogy of Italian anticamera (see ante and chamber ).

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ An antechamber may be built on to the main egg-chamber. ▪ In addition to which, Kenamun had taken care to keep them waiting an hour in an unventilated antechamber before seeing them. ▪ Outside this office was a smaller room, ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a large entrance or reception room or area [syn: anteroom , entrance hall , hall , foyer , lobby , vestibule ]

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
An antechamber (also known as an anteroom or ante-room ) is a smaller room or vestibule serving as an entryway into a larger one. The word is formed of the Latin ante camera , meaning "room before". In some cases, an antechamber provides a space for a host ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A small room used as an entryway or reception area to a larger room.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Antechamber \An"te*cham`ber\, n. [Cf. F. antichambre.] A chamber or apartment before the chief apartment and leading into it, in which persons wait for audience; an outer chamber. See Lobby . A space viewed as the outer chamber or the entrance to an interior ...