vestibule.

a small entrance space between an outer door and the main interior of a building

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Words that belong together

• entrance vestibule
• narrow vestibule
• enclosed vestibule

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Snow melted from their boots in the vestibule.

Beyond the vestibule, the hotel lobby glowed.

He waited in the vestibule until someone unlocked the inner door.

Usage notes

Primary curation section: Architecture. Often acts as a buffer against weather; unlike a large lobby, it may be only a compact passage. Plural: vestibules.