Definition of Vestibule

1. Noun. A large entrance or reception room or area.

Exact synonyms: Antechamber, Anteroom, Entrance Hall, Foyer, Hall, Lobby
Group relationships: Building, Edifice
Specialized synonyms: Narthex
Generic synonyms: Room

2. Noun. Any of various bodily cavities leading to another cavity (as of the ear or vagina).
Generic synonyms: Bodily Cavity, Cavity, Cavum
Specialized synonyms: Vestibule Of The Ear, Vestibule Of The Vagina
Derivative terms: Vestibular

Definition of Vestibule

1. n. The porch or entrance into a house; a hall or antechamber next the entrance; a lobby; a porch; a hall.

2. v. t. To furnish with a vestibule or vestibules.

3. n. The porch or entrance into a house; a hall or antechamber next the entrance; a lobby; a porch; a hall.

4. v. t. To furnish with a vestibule or vestibules.

Definition of Vestibule

1. [v -BULED, -BULING, -BULES]

Medical Definition of Vestibule

1. The porch or entrance into a house; a hall or antechamber next the entrance; a lobby; a porch; a hall. Vestibule of the ear. 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. Synonym: Hall, passage. 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." Origin: L. Vestibulum, of uncertain origin: cf. F. Vestibule. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Vestibule

vestibular part of vestibulocochlear nerve
vestibular root
vestibular root of vestibulocochlear nerve
vestibular schwannoma
vestibular screen
vestibular sense
vestibular surface of tooth
vestibular system
vestibular system
vestibular vein
vestibular veins
vestibular wall of cochlear duct
vestibular window
vestibulate
vestibule (current term)
vestibule (current term)
vestibuled
vestibules
vestibule of larynx
vestibule of mouth
vestibule of nose
vestibule of omental bursa
vestibule of the ear
vestibule of the vagina
vestibule of vagina
vestibuling
vestibulitis
vestibulo-
vestibulo-equilibratory control
vestibulocerebellar ataxia

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