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Noun: theater  theeutur
Usage: US (=theatre)
  1. A building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented
    - theatre, house
     
  2. The art of writing and producing plays
    - dramaturgy, dramatic art, dramatics, theatre
     
  3. A region in which active military operations are in progress
    "he served in the Vietnam theater for three years"
    - field, field of operations, theater of operations [US], theatre, theatre of operations

Derived forms: theaters

See also: theatrical

Type of: building, communicating, communication, edifice, region

Part of: theater of war [US], theatre of war

Encyclopedia: Theater

Nearest

the true
the Venerable Bede
The Virgin
the way of the world
the ways of the world
the whole way
Thea
Theaceae
theanthropism
thearchy
theater
theater company
theater critic
theater curtain
theater director
theater in the round
theater light
theater of operations
theater of the absurd
theater of war
theater prompter