Vestibule

/ˈvestɪbjuːl/
noun

A small hall between the outer door and the inside of a building.

Please leave your shoes in the vestibule before entering the house.
Visual representation of "vestibule" - A small hall between the outer door and the inside of a building

Often appears as...

  • enter the vestibule
  • through the vestibule
noun

A part of a church between the entrance and the nave.

We greeted each other in the vestibule of the church.
Visual representation of "vestibule" - A part of a church between the entrance and the nave

Often appears as...

  • church vestibule
  • in the vestibule

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Religious

noun

A small space or cavity at the beginning of a canal.

The doctor will examine the vestibule of the ear
Visual representation of "vestibule" - A small space or cavity at the beginning of a canal

Often appears as...

  • vestibule of the ear
  • vestibule of the nose

Usage tips

Scientific

noun

A small hall between the outer door and the inside of a building.

Please leave your shoes in the vestibule before entering the house.
Visual representation of "vestibule" - A small hall between the outer door and the inside of a building

Often appears as...

  • enter the vestibule
  • through the vestibule
noun

A part of a church between the entrance and the nave.

We greeted each other in the vestibule of the church.
Visual representation of "vestibule" - A part of a church between the entrance and the nave

Often appears as...

  • church vestibule
  • in the vestibule

Usage tips

Religious

noun

A small space or cavity at the beginning of a canal.

The doctor will examine the vestibule of the ear
Visual representation of "vestibule" - A small space or cavity at the beginning of a canal

Often appears as...

  • vestibule of the ear
  • vestibule of the nose

Usage tips

Scientific

Definition 1 of 3
Visual representation of "vestibule"
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Size Implication

A vestibule is usually a smaller area compared to other rooms or halls inside the building.

Illustration for Size Implication
The artist displayed her paintings in the bright vestibule.
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First Impression

The vestibule often gives the first impression of a building, designed to welcome or impress visitors.

Illustration for First Impression
The mansion's vestibule was adorned with marble tiles.
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Transition Space

It serves as a transition from outside to inside, where one might pause, take off coats, or clean shoes.

Illustration for Transition Space
He hung his coat in the vestibule before entering the living room.
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Size Implication

A vestibule is usually a smaller area compared to other rooms or halls inside the building.

Illustration for Size Implication
The artist displayed her paintings in the bright vestibule.
LampPro Tip 2/3

First Impression

The vestibule often gives the first impression of a building, designed to welcome or impress visitors.

Illustration for First Impression
The mansion's vestibule was adorned with marble tiles.
LampPro Tip 3/3

Transition Space

It serves as a transition from outside to inside, where one might pause, take off coats, or clean shoes.

Illustration for Transition Space
He hung his coat in the vestibule before entering the living room.
LampPro Tip 1/3

Size Implication

A vestibule is usually a smaller area compared to other rooms or halls inside the building.

Illustration for Size Implication
The artist displayed her paintings in the bright vestibule.
LampPro Tip 2/3

First Impression

The vestibule often gives the first impression of a building, designed to welcome or impress visitors.

Illustration for First Impression
The mansion's vestibule was adorned with marble tiles.
LampPro Tip 3/3

Transition Space

It serves as a transition from outside to inside, where one might pause, take off coats, or clean shoes.

Illustration for Transition Space
He hung his coat in the vestibule before entering the living room.
Visual representation of the word "Vestibule"

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Video examples

C.K. Williams: Poetry...

down the littered vestibule stairs, one agonized step at a time. My holding the door. Her crossing the fragmented tiles, faltering at the step to the street, droning, not looking at me, "Can you help me?"

Video examples

Beaver Lumberjacks PIPE...

water level they open into a vestibule for drying off and eating above that sits the main living room vented with a chimney to keep it from overheating in time they might build an

Video examples

Do Elephants Cry? PIPE...

bend up and under her. to get inside that vestibule and go up. So with great difficulty, is probably a good answer to that question.

Video examples

C.K. Williams: Poetry...

down the littered vestibule stairs, one agonized step at a time. My holding the door. Her crossing the fragmented tiles, faltering at the step to the street, droning, not looking at me, "Can you help me?"

Video examples

Beaver Lumberjacks PIPE...

water level they open into a vestibule for drying off and eating above that sits the main living room vented with a chimney to keep it from overheating in time they might build an

Video examples

Do Elephants Cry? PIPE...

bend up and under her. to get inside that vestibule and go up. So with great difficulty, is probably a good answer to that question.

Example 1 of 3

Quote examples

Charles Caleb Colton

English Writer

Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom.
Portrait of Charles Caleb Colton

Quote examples

Charles Caleb Colton

English Writer

Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom.
Portrait of Charles Caleb Colton
Example 1 of 1
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