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ante chamber

ante chamber is the alternative spelling of antechamber.

Meaning of antechamber

Noun

antechamber (plural antechambers)

  1. A small room used as an entryway or reception area to a larger room.
    • Who knows. Perhaps the Ark is still waiting in some antechamber for us to discover. Perhaps there's some vital bit of evidence which eludes us. Perhaps…1981, Lawrence Kasdan, Raiders of the Lost Ark, spoken by Belloq
    Synonyms:
    anteroom, foreroom
  2. The space immediately below the guard cells of a stoma.

Forms of ante chamber

pluralante chambers

Questions about ante chamber

What is ante chamber the alternative spelling of?
Ante chamber is the alternative spelling of antechamber.

Words near ante chamber in the dictionary

  1. Antczak
  2. Antczaks
  3. antdom
  4. ante
  5. ante bellum
  6. ante chamber
  7. ante in
  8. ante litteram
  9. ante meridiem
  10. ante over
  11. ante up

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