AMPHITHEATER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does amphitheater mean? 

• AMPHITHEATER (noun)
  The noun AMPHITHEATER has 2 senses:

1. a sloping gallery with seats for spectators (as in an operating room or theater)

2. an oval large stadium with tiers of seats; an arena in which contests and spectacles are held

  Familiarity information: AMPHITHEATER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMPHITHEATER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sloping gallery with seats for spectators (as in an operating room or theater)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

amphitheater; amphitheatre

Hypernyms ("amphitheater" is a kind of...):

gallery (narrow recessed balcony area along an upper floor on the interior of a building; usually marked by a colonnade)

Meronyms (parts of "amphitheater"):

tiered seat (seating that is arranged in sloping tiers so that spectators in the back can see over the heads of those in front)

Domain category:

dramatic art; dramatics; dramaturgy; theater; theatre (the art of writing and producing plays)

Derivation:

amphitheatric (of or related to an amphitheater)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An oval large stadium with tiers of seats; an arena in which contests and spectacles are held

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

amphitheater; amphitheatre; coliseum

Hypernyms ("amphitheater" is a kind of...):

arena; bowl; sports stadium; stadium (a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments)

Meronyms (parts of "amphitheater"):

vomitory (an entrance to an amphitheater or stadium)

Instance hyponyms:

Amphitheatrum Flavium; Colosseum (a large amphitheater in Rome whose construction was begun by Vespasian about AD 75 or 80)

Derivation:

amphitheatric (of or related to an amphitheater)