Word of the Day:
anteroom
What It Means
A room before, or forming an entrance to, another; a waiting room.
Anteroom in Context
“Several antique games, such as a skiddles table, occupy an upstairs anteroom.”
Did You Know?
From ante- + room, as a calque of French antichambre or its model Italian anticamera.
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