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SECOND BALCONY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does second balcony mean? 

SECOND BALCONY (noun)
  The noun SECOND BALCONY has 1 sense:

1. rearmost or uppermost area in the balcony containing the least expensive seatsplay

  Familiarity information: SECOND BALCONY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SECOND BALCONY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Rearmost or uppermost area in the balcony containing the least expensive seats

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

family circle; peanut gallery; second balcony; upper balcony

Hypernyms ("second balcony" is a kind of...):

area (a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function)

Holonyms ("second balcony" is a part of...):

balcony (an upper floor projecting from the rear over the main floor in an auditorium)


 Context examples 


One night he went to the theatre, on the blind chance that he might see her there, and from the second balcony he did see her.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)



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