theatre
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
theatre /ˈθɪətə(r)/ (US theater)
▶noun
- 1 a building in which plays and other dramatic performances are given.
■ chiefly N. Amer. & W. Indian a cinema.
- 2 the writing and production of plays.
- 3 a play or other activity considered in terms of its dramatic quality.
- 4 (also lecture theatre) a room for lectures with seats in tiers.
- 5 Brit. an operating theatre.
- 6 the area in which something happens: a theatre of war.
■ [as modifier] denoting weapons intermediate between tactical and strategic.
– origin ME: from OFr., or from L. theatrum, from Gk theatron, from theasthai ‘behold’.
'theatre' also found in these Oxford entries:
alienation
- amphitheatre
- angel
- ASM
- auditorium
- backdrop
- backstage
- balcony
- bill
- board
- box
- box office
- business
- chautauqua
- cinema
- circle
- coliseum
- commissionaire
- concierge
- coulisse
- coup de théâtre
- crush bar
- deus ex machina
- dramaturge
- dress circle
- drop cloth
- fiasco
- fly
- foyer
- fringe
- front
- full house
- gallery
- gobo
- God
- Grand Guignol
- green room
- grip
- groundling
- hippodrome
- house
- house lights
- intendant
- loge
- lounge
- magic
- marquee
- matinee
- mezzanine
- movie theatre
