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/ˈvɛ.stɪ.bjuːl/ · noun
(architecture) A small entrance hall, antechamber, passage, or room between the outer door and the main hall, lobby, or interior of a building..
Lydia's voice was heard in the vestibule; the door was thrown open, and she ran into the room.
The purpose of the vestibule, at least in western Europe, was not to provide a resting-place for penitents, but to deaden the noise outside.
Some instinct warned Armitage that what was taking place was not a thing for unfortified eyes to see, so he brushed back the crowd with authority as he unlocked the vestibule door.
The membrane of the vestibule in this animal is thrown into three folds. The margins of these folds, looking towards the vestibule, are approximated, and, following the law which is now known to regulate the formation of hollow tubes, doubtless unite and coalesce in the next higher species of fish.
The Vestibule (vestibulum nasi). — The paired vestibule may be considered an antechamber to the nasal fossa.
the vestibuled platform
Use vestibule when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Vestibule means (architecture) A small entrance hall, antechamber, passage, or room between the outer door and the main hall, lobby, or interior of a building..
Common synonyms include foyer, anteroom, antechamber, lobby.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Lydia's voice was heard in the vestibule; the door was thrown open, and she ran into the room.
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