ves•ti•bule
Pronunciation: (ves'tu-byl"), [key]
— n., v., -buled, -bul•ing.
—n.
- a passage, hall, or antechamber between the outer door and the interior parts of a house or building.
- an enclosed space at the end of a passenger car, serving as a sheltered entrance to the car from another car or from outside the train.
- any of various cavities or hollows regarded as forming an approach or entrance to another cavity or space, as that of the internal ear. See diag. under
—v.t.
- to provide with a vestibule.
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