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vestibular

/vɛˈstɪb.jʊl.ə/US/vɛˈstɪb.jəl.ɚ/

vestibular adjective: of or pertaining to a vestibule in a building (or railway coach).

Adjective

vestibular (comparative more vestibular, superlative most vestibular)

  1. (relational) Of or pertaining to a vestibule in a building (or railway coach).
    • […]while the outer world was fenced off by the interposed atrium or vestibular cloister,[…].1861, Alexander James Beresford Beresford Hope, The English Cathedral of the Nineteenth Century, page 158
    • Originally, it was intended that the stock should be vestibular throughout, but when the drawings were submitted to the Prince of Wales, he cut out this feature, saying that a railway journey afforded one of the very few occasions when he was able to enjoy absolute privacy—a feature which the...1950 August, “Notes and News: Royal Train at Croydon”, in Railway Magazine, pages 569-570
  2. (relational) Of, pertaining to, or functioning as a vestibule (body cavity).
  3. (relational) Of or pertaining to the vestibule of the inner ear and the perception of body position, balance and movement.
    • vestibular impulse
    • Ampulla of the perpendicular semicircular canal, receiving a fasciculus from the superior branch of the vestibular nerve[…].1859, William James Erasmus Wilson, William H. Gobrecht, A System of Human Anatomy, General and Special
  4. (relational) Of or pertaining to the surface of a tooth that is directed outward toward the vestibule of the mouth, including the buccal and labial surfaces, and opposite the lingual (or oral) surface.

Noun

vestibular (plural vestibulars)

  1. (relational) A competitive examination used by Brazilian universities to select students.
    • Students usually complete high school when they are seventeen years old. If they want to go to college or university, they must pass a difficult test called the vestibular, which takes two or three days to write.2002, Malika Hollander, Brazil: The People, page 23
    Synonyms:
    vestibular exam, vestibular examination

vestibular meaning in Tamil and Indonesian

vestibular in Tamil

அங்கண

vestibular in Indonesian

anatomy
vestibular

Synonyms of vestibular

  • vestibular exam
  • vestibular examination

Antonyms

Forms of vestibular

Adjective
comparativemore vestibular
superlativemost vestibular
Noun
pluralvestibulars

Origin of vestibular

From vestibule or vestibulum + -ar.

Words formed from vestibular

Phrases with vestibular

Words that rhyme with vestibular

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Questions about vestibular

What does vestibular mean?
Vestibular means of or pertaining to a vestibule in a building (or railway coach).
What is vestibular in Tamil?
Vestibular in Tamil is அங்கண. See Vestibular meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is vestibular?
Vestibular can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce vestibular?
Vestibular is pronounced /vɛˈstɪb.jʊl.ə/ (UK).

Words near vestibular in the dictionary

  1. vestiarians
  2. vestiaries
  3. vestiarium
  4. vestiary
  5. vestibula
  6. vestibular
  7. vestibular duct
  8. vestibular ducts
  9. vestibular ganglia
  10. vestibular ganglion
  11. vestibular gland

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Adapted from Wiktionary: vestibular (page history and authors); vestibular (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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