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amphitheatre
| amphitheatric
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| amphitheatrically
| amphitheatrum flavium
| amphitrocha
amphitheatre
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun amphitheatre has 2 senses
- amphitheatre(n = noun.artifact) amphitheater - a sloping gallery with seats for spectators (as in an operating room or theater); Array is a kind of gallery
- amphitheatre(n = noun.artifact) amphitheater, coliseum - an oval large stadium with tiers of seats; an arena in which contests and spectacles are held; Array has particulars: amphitheatrum flavium, colosseum
has parts: tiered seat
Derived form adjective amphitheatrical1
is a kind of arena, bowl, sports stadium, stadium
has parts: vomitory
Derived form adjective amphitheatrical1
CIDE DICTIONARY
amphitheatre, n. [L. amphitheatrum, fr. Gr. ; + theater: cf. F. amphithéâtre. See Theater.].
- An oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats about an open space called the arena. [1913 Webster]" The Romans first constructed amphitheaters for combats of gladiators and wild beasts." [1913 Webster]
- Anything resembling an amphitheater in form; as, a level surrounded by rising slopes or hills, or a rising gallery in a theater. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
amphitheatre, n. (US amphitheater)
1 a round, usu. unroofed building with tiers of seats surrounding a central space.
2 a semicircular gallery in a theatre.
3 a large circular hollow.
4 the scene of a contest.
1 a round, usu. unroofed building with tiers of seats surrounding a central space.
2 a semicircular gallery in a theatre.
3 a large circular hollow.
4 the scene of a contest.
Etymology
L amphitheatrum f. Gk amphitheatron (as AMPHI-, THEATRE)
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