vestibule
noun
ves·ti·bule
ˈve-stə-ˌbyül 
1
a
: a passage, hall, or room between the outer door and the interior of a building : lobby
b
: an enclosed entrance at the end of a railway passenger car
2
: any of various bodily cavities especially when serving as or resembling an entrance to some other cavity or space: such as
a
: the central cavity of the bony labyrinth of the inner ear or the parts (such as the saccule and utricle) of the membranous labyrinth that it contains
b
: the part of the left ventricle below the aortic orifice
c
: the space between the labia minora containing the orifice of the urethra
d
: the part of the mouth cavity outside the teeth and gums
3
: a course that offers access (as to something new)
Examples of vestibule in a Sentence
please leave your wet boots in the vestibule
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The train car was crammed with people sitting on the lower and upper berths, squatting in the aisles, and crowding the vestibule leading to the toilets, and this might have been the reason that Ganesh Rajwar was sitting in the open doorway, his feet on the metal stairs.
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Amitava Kumar, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025
In the vestibule, Katie Rudner folded programs for arriving guests and handed out envelopes for checks and helped with Venmo charges.
—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2025
The precinct’s glass windows were shattered after officers fired their weapons inside the vestibule.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2025
The post-dinner dancing was held in the club’s library, which was decorated in jewel-green tones and had a bar vestibule attached.
—Valeriya Safronova, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
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Amitava Kumar, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025
In the vestibule, Katie Rudner folded programs for arriving guests and handed out envelopes for checks and helped with Venmo charges.
—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2025
The precinct’s glass windows were shattered after officers fired their weapons inside the vestibule.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2025
The post-dinner dancing was held in the club’s library, which was decorated in jewel-green tones and had a bar vestibule attached.
—Valeriya Safronova, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for vestibule
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“Vestibule.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vestibule. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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vestibule
noun
ves·ti·bule
ˈves-tə-ˌbyü(ə)l
: a hall or room between the outer door and the inside part of a building
Medical Definition
vestibule
noun
ves·ti·bule
ˈves-tə-ˌbyül
: any of various bodily cavities especially when serving as or resembling an entrance to some other cavity or space: as
a(1)
: the central cavity of the bony labyrinth of the ear
(2)
: the parts of the membranous labyrinth comprising the utricle and the saccule and contained in the cavity of the bony labyrinth
b
: the space between the labia minora containing the orifice of the urethra
c
: the part of the left ventricle of the heart immediately below the aortic orifice
d
: the part of the mouth cavity outside the teeth and gums
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