as in foyer
the entrance room of a building please leave your wet boots in the vestibule

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Recent Examples of vestibule Inside, a small vestibule is followed by a larger foyer with a staircase to the second floor. Angela Serratore, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025 The elevator landing opens into an entry vestibule with an inlaid stone floor. Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 19 Feb. 2025 The train car was crammed with people sitting on the lower and upper berths, squatting in the aisles, and crowding the vestibule leading to the toilets, and this might have been the reason that Ganesh Rajwar was sitting in the open doorway, his feet on the metal stairs. Amitava Kumar, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025 In the vestibule, Katie Rudner folded programs for arriving guests and handed out envelopes for checks and helped with Venmo charges. Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for vestibule
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Noun
  • The Martins’ home is distinguished by 11-foot ceilings, white oak floors and a grand foyer with a sweeping staircase.
    David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • This down-to-earth table keeps its shelving directly on the floor, which is an unexpected way to add decorative accents or a row of storage baskets and bins to a foyer.
    Nora Taylor, Architectural Digest, 4 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Cara and Jacob are asleep on a bench in the hallway when Spencer calls for his aunt.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 6 Apr. 2025
  • McDaniel recalled seeing students running in the hallway and dropping down to the floor.
    Ana Ceballos, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In the lobby, patients read books in the Veterans Lending Library and ordered coffee at the Patriot Brew café.
    E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2025
  • One of these is an oversized wall artwork by British artist Sophie Coryndon, found in the lobby.
    Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025

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“Vestibule.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vestibule. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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