theater

  1. Noun.  A place or building, consisting of a stage and seating, in which an audience gathers to watch plays, musical performances, public ceremonies etc.
  2. Noun.  A region where a particular action takes place; a specific field of action, usually with reference to war.
  3. Noun.  A lecture theatre.
  4. Noun.  (medicine) An operating theatre or locale for human experimentation.
  5. Noun.  (US, Australia) A cinema, or picture theatre.
  6. Noun.  Drama or performance as a profession or artform.

This is an unmodified, but possibly outdated, definition from Wiktionary and used here under the Creative Commons license. Wiktionary is a great resource. If you like it too, please donate to Wikimedia.

This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.