Dictionary entry

Antechamber

Webster's Dictionary 1913

An″te‐cham′ber (�), n. [Cf. F. antichambre.] 1. A chamber or apartment before the chief apartment and leading into it, in which persons wait for audience; an outer chamber. See Lobby.

2. A space viewed as the outer chamber or the entrance to an interior part.

The mouth, the antechamber to the digestive canal.

Todd & Bowman.