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Theater

Alt. of Theatre

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Broader term 5

Building 76% connected

of Build

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Communicating 76% connected

of Communicate

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Communication 76% connected

The act or fact of communicating; as, communication of smallpox; communication of a secret.

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Edifice 76% connected

A building; a structure; an architectural fabric; -- chiefly applied to elegant houses, and other large buildings; as, a palace, a church, a statehou…

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Region 76% connected

One of the grand districts or quarters into which any space or surface, as of the earth or the heavens, is conceived of as divided; hence, in general…

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Narrower term 2

Opera 76% connected

A drama, either tragic or comic, of which music forms an essential part; a drama wholly or mostly sung, consisting of recitative, arials, choruses, d…

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Stage 76% connected

A floor or story of a house.

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Derivationally related 2

Theatrical 74% connected

Of or pertaining to a theater, or to the scenic representations; resembling the manner of dramatic performers; histrionic; hence, artificial; as, the…

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Theatrical 74% connected

Of or pertaining to a theater, or to the scenic representations; resembling the manner of dramatic performers; histrionic; hence, artificial; as, the…

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Component part 7

Circle 70% connected

A plane figure, bounded by a single curve line called its circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within it, called the ce…

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Greenroom 70% connected

The retiring room of actors and actresses in a theater.

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Orchestra 70% connected

The space in a theater between the stage and the audience; -- originally appropriated by the Greeks to the chorus and its evolutions, afterward by th…

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Parquet 70% connected

A body of seats on the floor of a music hall or theater nearest the orchestra; but commonly applied to the whole lower floor of a theater, from the o…

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Parterre 70% connected

An ornamental and diversified arrangement of beds or plots, in which flowers are cultivated, with intervening spaces of gravel or turf for walking on.

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Pit 70% connected

A large cavity or hole in the ground, either natural or artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an indentation

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Stage 70% connected

A floor or story of a house.

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Synonym 4

Dramaturgy 92% connected

The art of dramatic composition and representation.

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Field 92% connected

Cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture; cultivated ground; the open country.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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House 92% connected

A structure intended or used as a habitation or shelter for animals of any kind; but especially, a building or edifice for the habitation of man; a d…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Theatre 92% connected

An edifice in which dramatic performances or spectacles are exhibited for the amusement of spectators; anciently uncovered, except the stage, but in…

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