vestibule
noun
ves·ti·bule
ˈve-stə-ˌbyül 
1
a
: a passage, hall, or room between the outer door and the interior of a building : lobby
b
: an enclosed entrance at the end of a railway passenger car
2
: any of various bodily cavities especially when serving as or resembling an entrance to some other cavity or space: such as
a
: the central cavity of the bony labyrinth of the inner ear or the parts (such as the saccule and utricle) of the membranous labyrinth that it contains
b
: the part of the left ventricle below the aortic orifice
c
: the space between the labia minora containing the orifice of the urethra
d
: the part of the mouth cavity outside the teeth and gums
3
: a course that offers access (as to something new)
Examples of vestibule in a Sentence
please leave your wet boots in the vestibule
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Staff enter into an entryway vestibule, latch the door, and then open the door to the primary cage.
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Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 29 July 2025
The event was so popular that crowds stood in the vestibule of the Palais, as more people waited outside.
—Anika Burgess
july 17, Literary Hub, 17 July 2025
And a lot of the services that come with a condo can be hired out to professionals arranging for trash and snow-removal services, as many townhouse owners do now, and for packages, installing a lock box or using a Ring camera to buzz delivery drivers into the vestibule.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 30 June 2025
When the officers arrived, the suspect’s 12-year-old son, who wasnt injured in the mayhem, opened the door and led them into a vestibule with two doors, Tisch said.
—Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 6 Apr. 2025
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Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 29 July 2025
The event was so popular that crowds stood in the vestibule of the Palais, as more people waited outside.
—Anika Burgess
july 17, Literary Hub, 17 July 2025
And a lot of the services that come with a condo can be hired out to professionals arranging for trash and snow-removal services, as many townhouse owners do now, and for packages, installing a lock box or using a Ring camera to buzz delivery drivers into the vestibule.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 30 June 2025
When the officers arrived, the suspect’s 12-year-old son, who wasnt injured in the mayhem, opened the door and led them into a vestibule with two doors, Tisch said.
—Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 6 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for vestibule
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“Vestibule.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vestibule. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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vestibule
noun
ves·ti·bule
ˈves-tə-ˌbyü(ə)l
: a hall or room between the outer door and the inside part of a building
Medical Definition
vestibule
noun
ves·ti·bule
ˈves-tə-ˌbyül
: any of various bodily cavities especially when serving as or resembling an entrance to some other cavity or space: as
a(1)
: the central cavity of the bony labyrinth of the ear
(2)
: the parts of the membranous labyrinth comprising the utricle and the saccule and contained in the cavity of the bony labyrinth
b
: the space between the labia minora containing the orifice of the urethra
c
: the part of the left ventricle of the heart immediately below the aortic orifice
d
: the part of the mouth cavity outside the teeth and gums
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