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    THEATRE STAGE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A stage in a theater on which actors can performplay

    Synonyms:

    theater stage; theatre stage

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("theatre stage" is a kind of...):

    stage (a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience)

    Meronyms (parts of "theatre stage"):

    downstage (the front half of the stage (as seen from the audience))

    proscenium; proscenium wall (the wall that separates the stage from the auditorium in a modern theater)

    apron; forestage; proscenium (the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain))

    theater curtain; theatre curtain (a hanging cloth that conceals the stage from the view of the audience; rises or parts at the beginning and descends or closes between acts and at the end of a performance)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "theatre stage"):

    boards ((used in the plural) the stage of a theater)

    thrust stage (a theater stage that extends out into the audience's part of a theater and has seats on three sides)

    Holonyms ("theatre stage" is a part of...):

    house; theater; theatre (a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented)

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