vestibule (redirected from vestibule of mouth)

ves·ti·bule  (vst-byl)

n.

1. A small entrance hall or passage between the outer door and the interior of a house or building.

2. An enclosed area at the end of a passenger car on a railroad train.

3. Anatomy A cavity, chamber, or channel that leads to or is an entrance to another cavity: the vestibule to the ear.

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[Latin vestibulum.]

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vestibule [ˈvɛstɪˌbjuːl]

n

1. a small entrance hall or anteroom; lobby

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) any small bodily cavity or space at the entrance to a passage or canal

[from Latin vestibulum]

vestibular  [vɛˈstɪbjʊlə] adj

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vestibule  (vst-byl)

An oval cavity in the inner ear that together with the semicircular canals makes up the organ that maintains equilibrium in vertebrates.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	vestibule - a large entrance or reception room or area antechamber, anteroom, entrance hall, foyer, lobby, hall building, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice" narthex - a vestibule leading to the nave of a church room - an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view"
	2.	vestibule - any of various bodily cavities leading to another cavity (as of the ear or vagina) bodily cavity, cavum, cavity - (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body vestibule of the ear - the central cavity of the bony labyrinth of the ear vestibule of the vagina - the space between the labia minora containing the orifice of the urethra

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vestibule

noun hall, lobby, foyer, porch, entrance hall, portico, anteroom A tiled vestibule leads to an impressive staircase.

Translations

vestibule [ˈvestɪbjuːl] N (frm) → vestíbulo m

vestibule [ˈvɛstɪbjuːl] n → vestibule m

vestibule

n

(of house) → Vorhalle f, → Vestibül nt (dated); (of hotel) → Halle f, → Foyer nt; (of church) → Vorhalle f

(Anat) → Vorhof m, → Vestibulum nt (spec)

vestibule [ˈvɛstɪbjuːl] n → atrio, vestibolo