vestibule

  1. Noun.  (architecture) A passage, hall or room, such as a lobby, between the outer door and the interior of a building.
  2. Noun.  (rail transport) enclosed entrance at the end of a railway passenger car.
  3. Noun.  (medicine, anatomy) (context, by analogy) Any of a number of body cavities, serving as or resembling an entrance to another bodily space.

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