Amphitheater

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  • noun. An oval or circular structure having tiers of seats rising gradually outward from a central open space or arena.
  • noun. A level area surrounded by upward sloping ground.
  • noun. An upper, sloping gallery with seats for spectators, as in a theater or operating room.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In anc. Rom. arch., an edifice devoted to the exhibition of gladiatorial contests and the combats of wild beasts.
  • noun. Anything resembling an amphitheater in form, as an oval or circular building with seats rising behind and above each other around a central open space, or a natural area surrounded by rising ground; in horticulture, a sloping arrangement of shrubs and trees.
  • noun. The uppermost gallery of a modern theater.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. An oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats about an open space called the arena.
  • noun. Anything resembling an amphitheater in form; as, a level surrounded by rising slopes or hills, or a rising gallery in a theater.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A semi-circular acoustic backdrop behind performers for an outdoor venue.
  • noun. A completely circular outdoor arena; a classic European amphitheatre.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an oval large stadium with tiers of seats; an arena in which contests and spectacles are held
  • noun. a sloping gallery with seats for spectators (as in an operating room or theater)
    • Word Usage
    "If the amphitheater is delayed, he surely wants to keep people from blaming the T.J. Center for unrelated construction delays."
    Equivalent
    amphitheatre  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    gallery  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Crater  Creator  Decatur  Equator  Lemaitre  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    amphitheatre  aqueduct  arena  auditorium  breakwater  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Elizabethan theater  Globe Theatre  Greek theater  agora  arena  
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