1. entrance halls or lobbies of buildings
2. enclosed spaces at the ends of railroad cars for boarding
Usage: transportation
3. cavity or chamber serving as an entrance to another structure
Usage: anatomy

Examples

• The hotel’s marble vestibules impressed all the guests.
• Students gathered in the school’s vestibules before classes began.
• The train’s vestibules were crowded with passengers boarding.
• Conductors checked tickets in the vestibules between cars.
• The church vestibules provided shelter from the rain.
• Modern buildings often have glass vestibules for energy efficiency.
• The vestibules of the ear help maintain balance.