Meaning of vestibule | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A small entrance hall, antechamber, passage, or room between the outer door and the main hall, lobby, or interior of a building.
2. A small entrance hall, antechamber, passage, or room between the outer door and the main hall, lobby, or interior of a building. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller} A large entrance hall in a temple or palace. An enclosed entrance at the end of a railway passenger car
3. A large entrance hall in a temple or palace.
4. A large entrance hall in a temple or palace
5. An enclosed entrance at the end of a railway passenger car.
6. An enclosed entrance at the end of a railway passenger car
7. Any of a number of body cavities or channels, serving as or resembling an entrance to another bodily space.
8. Any of a number of body cavities or channels, serving as or resembling an entrance to another bodily space. 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. The part of the left ventricle below the aortic orifice. The part of the mouth outside the teeth and gums. Clipping of vulval vestibule: the space in the vulva between the labia minora and into which both the urethra and vagina open
9. 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.
10. 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
11. The part of the left ventricle below the aortic orifice.
12. The part of the mouth outside the teeth and gums.
13. Clipping of vulval vestibule: the space in the vulva between the labia minora and into which both the urethra and vagina open.
    abbreviation, alt-of, clipping

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Examples

“Lydia's voice was heard in the vestibule; the door was thrown open, and she ran into the room.”

“The purpose of the vestibule, at least in western Europe, was not to provide a resting-place for penitents, but to deaden the noise outside.”

“Some instinct warned Armitage that what was taking place was not a thing for unfortified eyes to see, so he brushed back the crowd with authority as he unlocked the vestibule door.”

“The exit side of the front vestibule contains a sliding door.”

“The units have transverse seats, two and three astride the passageway with single or double longitudinal seats alongside the two entrance vestibules in each car.”

“The membrane of the vestibule in this animal is thrown into three folds. The margins of these folds, looking towards the vestibule, are approximated, and, following the law which is now known to regulate the formation of hollow tubes, doubtless unite and coalesce in the next higher species of fish.”

“The Vestibule (vestibulum nasi). — The paired vestibule may be considered an antechamber to the nasal fossa.”

“The incision of the mucosa over the premaxilla is traced a millimetre or two from the furrow that marks the bottom of the barely-defined vestibule.”

“She spread her labia further, both sets of lips protecting the vestibule, the delicate area between them.”

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