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.
© Webster 1913.