antechamber
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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
Dr. Reeves proposed that the tomb was, in fact, merely an antechamber to a grander sepulcher for Tutankhamun’s stepmother and predecessor, Nefertiti.
From New York Times • Oct. 30, 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
The courtyard turned into something like an antechamber to an operating room.
From "Night" by Elie Wiesel
Vocabulary lists containing antechamber
Florida's B.E.S.T. Roots: ante, anti
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