vestibule
pronunciation
How to pronounce vestibule in British English:
UK [ˈvestɪbju:l]
How to pronounce vestibule in American English:
US [ˈvɛstəˌbjul]
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- Noun:
- a large entrance or reception room or area
- any of various bodily cavities leading to another cavity (as of the ear or vagina)
Word Origin
- vestibule (n.)
- 1620s, "a porch," later "antechamber, lobby" (1730), from French vestible, from Latin vestibulum "forecourt, entrance," of unknown origin. In reference to the ear part from 1728.
Example
- 1. Some of the tenants meet one another in the vestibule , fall in love and marry .
- 2. Charley moved close to her in the vestibule gloom .
- 3. I 'll wait for you in the vestibule .
- 4. Effect of ionic channal blockers on spontaneous slow potential of rabbit aortic vestibule .
- 5. However , the vestibule big gland also has the worrisome time .