A Topical Dictionary: Search for theater

Dictionary Results For "theater" [?]/[OPML]

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Pronunciation

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Etymology

Re-spelling of coined by w:Noah Webster|Noah Webster.

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Theater \The"a*ter\, Theatre \The"a*tre\, n. [F. th['e][^a]tre,
L. theatrum, Gr. ?, fr. ? to see, view; cf. Skr. dhy[=a] to
meditate, think. Cf. Theory.]
1. An edifice in which dramatic performances or spectacles
are exhibited for the amusement of spectators; anciently
uncovered, except the stage, but in modern times roofed.
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2. Any room adapted to the exhibition of any performances
before an assembly, as public lectures, scholastic
exercises, anatomical demonstrations, surgical operations,
etc.
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3. That which resembles a theater in form, use, or the like;
a place rising by steps or gradations, like the seats of a
theater. --Burns.
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Shade above shade, a woody theater
Of stateliest view. --Milton.
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4. A sphere or scheme of operation. [Obs.]
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For if a man can be partaker of God's theater, he
shall likewise be partaker of God's rest. --Bacon.
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5. A place or region where great events are enacted; as, the
theater of war.
[1913 Webster] Theatin

WordNet theater
n 1: a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture
shows can be presented; "the house was full" [syn: theatre,
house]
2: the art of writing and producing plays [syn: dramaturgy, {dramatic
art}, dramatics, theatre]
3: a region in which active military operations are in
progress; "the army was in the field awaiting action"; "he
served in the Vietnam theater for three years" [syn: field,
field of operations, theater of operations, theatre,
theatre of operations]

Moby Dictionary
Broadway , DMZ , Elizabethan theater , Globe Theatre , Greek theater ,
aceldama , agora , amphitheater , amusement park , arena ,
arena theater , assembly hall , athletic field , audience , auditorium ,
auditory , back , backdrop , background , ballroom , battle line ,
battle site , battlefield , battleground , bear garden , boards , bowl ,
boxing ring , bull ring , burlesque , cabaret , cafe chantant ,
cafe dansant , campus , canvas , carnival , casino , chapel , cincture ,
circle theater , circus , classroom , close , club , cockpit , coliseum ,
colosseum , combat area , combat zone , concert hall , confine ,
congregation , container , convention hall , coop , course , court ,
courtyard , curtilage , dance floor , dance hall , dancing pavilion ,
delimited field , distance , drama , enclave , enclosure , enemy line ,
entertainment industry , exhibition hall , field , field of battle ,
field of blood , firing line , floor , fold , footlights , forum ,
front line , fun-fair , gallery , ground , groundling , gym , gymnasium ,
hall , hinterland , hippodrome , house , juke joint , killing ground ,
landing beach , lecture hall , lecture room , legit , legitimate stage ,
line , line of battle , list , lists , little theater , locale ,
marketplace , mat , meetinghouse , milieu , mise-en-scene , music hall ,
night spot , nightclub , nitery , off Broadway , off-off-Broadway ,
open forum , opera , opera house , orchestra , outdoor theater ,
palaestra , pale , paling , parade ground , park , pen , pit , place ,
platform , playhouse , playland , precinct , prize ring , public square ,
purlieu , quad , quadrangle , range , rear , recitation room ,
repertory drama , resort , ring , roadhouse , scene , scene of action ,
scenery , schoolroom , seat of war , setting , shambles , show biz ,
show business , showboat , site , spectator , sphere , square ,
squared circle , stadium , stage , stage set , stage setting ,
stage world , stagedom , stageland , stock , strawhat ,
strawhat circuit , summer stock , tavern , terrain , the boards ,
the footlights , the front , the scenes , the stage , the theater ,
theater of operations , theater of war , theater world ,
theater-in-the-round , theatromania , theatron , theatrophobia ,
tilting ground , tiltyard , toft , variety , vaudeville , walk ,
wrestling ring , yard , zone of communications