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THEATRE STAGE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does theatre stage mean?
• THEATRE STAGE (noun)
The noun THEATRE STAGE has 1 sense:
1. a stage in a theater on which actors can perform
Familiarity information: THEATRE STAGE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A stage in a theater on which actors can perform
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
theater stage; theatre stage
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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