Amphitheatre
['æmfə'θiətɚ]
Definition
(n.) An oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats about an open space called the arena.
(n.) Anything resembling an amphitheater in form; as, a level surrounded by rising slopes or hills, or a rising gallery in a theater.
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Definition
n. an oval or circular edifice having rows of seats one above another around an open space called the arena in which public spectacles are exhibited: anything like an amphitheatre in form.—adjs. Amphitheat′rical Amphitheat′ral.—adv. Amphitheat′rically.
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Examples
- One of the doctors put a mask over her face and I looked through the door and saw the bright small amphitheatre of the operating room. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Presently we came upon our destination, a great amphitheatre situated at the further edge of the plain, and about half a mile beyond the garden walls. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- We'll go tomorrow to Verona, and find Romeo and Juliet, and sit in the amphitheatre--shall we? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- They are massacring all within the amphitheatre. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Elsewhere we saw a huge Roman amphitheatre, with its stone seats still in good preservation. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The Colosseum at Rome, for example, the arena of many great gladiatorial shows, was converted into a fortress, and so was the amphitheatre at Arles. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- For an instant silence reigned in the great amphitheatre, then a wild shout arose from the cages of the doomed. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The amphitheatre, like all I had ever seen upon Barsoom, was built in a large excavation. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- We all stood in the vast theatre of ancient Ephesus,--the stone-benched amphitheatre I mean--and had our picture taken. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The Alps here come closer to the lake, and we approached the amphitheatre of mountains which forms its eastern boundary. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- On both sides of the throne stretched a solid mass of humanity from top to bottom of the amphitheatre. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
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