Meaning

Of or pertaining to a vestibule in a building (or railway coach)..

Definitions by Sense

1. Of or pertaining to a vestibule in a building (or railway coach).
2. (anatomy) Of, pertaining to, or functioning as a vestibule (body cavity).
3. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the vestibule of the inner ear and the perception of body position, balance and movement.
4. (dentistry) Of or pertaining to the surface of a tooth that is directed outward toward the vestibule of the mouth, including the buccal and labial surfaces, and opposite the lingual (or oral) surface.
5. (education) A competitive examination used by Brazilian universities to select students.

Example Sentences

[…]while the outer world was fenced off by the interposed atrium or vestibular cloister,[…].

Originally, it was intended that the stock should be vestibular throughout, but when the drawings were submitted to the Prince of Wales, he cut out this feature, saying that a railway journey afforded one of the very few occasions when he was able to enjoy absolute privacy—a feature which the vestibule would tend to abolish.

vestibular impulse

Ampulla of the perpendicular semicircular canal, receiving a fasciculus from the superior branch of the vestibular nerve[…].

Students usually complete high school when they are seventeen years old. If they want to go to college or university, they must pass a difficult test called the vestibular, which takes two or three days to write.

Word Forms

• more vestibular
• most vestibular
• vestibulars

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Use vestibular when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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