theater
A place or building, consisting of a stage and seating, in which an audience gathers to watch plays, musical performances, public ceremonies, and so on.
Noun 4 meanings
A place or building, consisting of a stage and seating, in which an audience gathers to watch plays, musical performances, public ceremonies, and so on.
A region where a particular action takes place; a specific field of action, usually with reference to war.
“His grandfather was in the Pacific theater during the war.”
A lecture theatre.
An operating theatre or locale for human experimentation.
“This man is about to die, get him into theater at once!”
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English theater, theatre, from Old French theatre, from Latin theātrum, from Ancient Greek θέᾱτρον (théātron, “a place for viewing”), from θεᾰ́ομαι (theắomai, “to see", "to watch", "to observe”). Doublet of tiatr.
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THEATER at a glance
THEATER has 7 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (T 1 + H 4 + E 1 + A 1 + T 1 + E 1 + R 1) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,911 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with theater
All rhymes- AFTER8
- BETTER8
- WATER8
- LATER5
- MATTER8
- CENTER8
- CHARACTER16
- DAUGHTER13
- MINISTER10
- COMPUTER14
- LETTER6
- SISTER6
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- CHEATER12
- TREATER7
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