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antechamber

[an-tee-cheym-ber] / ˈæn tiˌtʃeɪm bər /


NOUN
foyer
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A portrait of the thin-mustachioed director as a saintly figure sits alongside stained glass recreations of some of his most famous collaborators, including Divine and David Lochary, in a chapel-like antechamber.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2023

He was looking into the antechamber of the tomb of Tutankhamun, a ruler who sat his throne for only around 10 years but did so at a pivotal time in Egyptian history.

From Scientific American • Nov. 4, 2022

Inside the underground crypt and its antechamber, archaeologists found 400 urns containing the mixture of human ashes, coal, rubber and plant roots.

From BBC • Aug. 2, 2022

They also dug up a base thought to belong to “Skanda on a Peacock,” which had sat beside “Skanda and Shiva” in the same antechamber.

From New York Times • Nov. 21, 2021

They stopped dead at the sight of the girl and the tiger standing together in the glittering, lamplit antechamber.

From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks




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