Definitions for VESTIBULE
ˈvɛs təˌbyulvestibule

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. anteroom, antechamber, entrance hall, hall, foyer, lobby, vestibulenoun

   a large entrance or reception room or area

2. vestibulenoun

   any of various bodily cavities leading to another cavity (as of the ear or vagina)

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. vestibulenoun

   A passage, hall or room, such as a lobby, between the outer door and the interior of a building.

2. vestibulenoun

   An enclosed entrance at the end of a railway passenger car.

3. vestibulenoun

   Any of a number of body cavities, serving as or resembling an entrance to another bodily space.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Vestibule

   Vestibule or Vestibulum can have the following meanings, each primarily based upon a common origin, from early 17th century French, derived from Latin vestibulum, -i n. "entrance court".

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1. vestibule

   A vestibule is a small entryway or lobby within a building, typically serving as the passage between the entrance and the interior of the building. It can also refer to a chamber or channel opening into another space. In anatomy, it refers to a space or cavity at the entrance to a canal.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Vestibulenoun

   the porch or entrance into a house; a hall or antechamber next the entrance; a lobby; a porch; a hall

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Vestibule

   A vestibule is a lobby, entrance hall, or passage between the entrance and the interior of a building. The same term can apply to structures in modern or ancient Roman architecture. In modern architecture vestibule typically refers to a small room or hall between an entrance and the interior of the building or house. In Roman architecture, vestibule referred to a partially enclosed area between the interior of the house and the street.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Vestibule

   ves′ti-būl, n. an open court or porch before a house: a hall next the entrance to a house: (anat.) a small bony cavity forming part of the ear—also Vestib′-ūlum.—v.t. to furnish with a vestibule.—adjs. Vestib′ūlar, Vestib′ūlāte. [Fr.,—L. vestibulum—traced by some to ve, apart, stabulum, abode; by others to vestis, garment, as being the place where the outer clothing is put on or off in entering or leaving a house.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. vestibule

   A channel from an element of the body to an other element.

   Their is a vestibule from each component of the ear.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on January 2, 2017  

EntomologyRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Vestibule

   the space around the ovipositor formed by the projecting margins of the surrounding segments: the space between the occluding structure of the spiracle and the valve opening into the trachea itself.

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1. • Cavity
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How to pronounce VESTIBULE?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say VESTIBULE in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of VESTIBULE in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of VESTIBULE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of VESTIBULE in a Sentence

1. Charles Caleb Colton:

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

2. Alexander MacLaren:

   Death is but a passage. It is not a house, it is only a vestibule. The grave has a door on its inner side.

3. Brian Kennedy:

   They punch him, stomped him, kicked him in the head, used whatever was available – these hard milk crates, baking pans, tablets, whatever, and literally took turns beating him and then left him there probably for four to five minutes, then when they were done with him, they dragged him into a vestibule and then told corrections to come get him. And then corrections stood around for about four minutes before touching him and making sure he still had a pulse.

4. C. C. Colton:

   Doubt is the vestibule which all must pass before they can enter the temple of wisdom. When we are in doubt and puzzle out the truth by our own exertions, we have gained something that will stay by us and will serve us again. But if to avoid the trouble of the search we avail ourselves of the superior information of a friend, such knowledge will not remain with us; we have not bought, but borrowed it.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=VESTIBULE
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Vestibule
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestibule
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/VESTIBULE
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=VESTIBULE
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=VESTIBULE
8. ^ Entomology
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22748/22748-h/22748-h.htm#:~:text=VESTIBULE