PLAYHOUSE Synonyms

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

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

• a feeling of delight at being entertained

• an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention

• a particular environment or walk of life

• the central area of an ancient Roman amphitheater where contests and spectacles were held; especially an area that was strewn with sand

• a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments

• a playing field where sports events take place

• the area of a theater or concert hall where the audience sits

• an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals

• (physics) a unit of nuclear cross section; the effective circular area that one particle presents to another as a target for an encounter

• any workplace where people are very busy

• a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree

• a hairdo resembling a beehive

• a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees

• relating to or characteristic of a burlesque

• a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease)

• a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way

• make a parody of

• a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink

• a series of acts at a night club

• a public building for gambling and entertainment

• a card game in which cards face up on the table are taken with eligible cards in the hand

• a medium that disseminates moving pictures

• a theater where films are shown

• a genus of haws comprising the harriers

• a travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals

• a performance given by a traveling company of acrobats, clowns, and trained animals

• a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment

• (antiquity) an open-air stadium for chariot races and gladiatorial games

• an arena consisting of an oval or circular area enclosed by tiers of seats and usually covered by a tent

• a private lounge off of a legislative chamber

• a room where coats and other articles can be left temporarily

• a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together

• a formal association of people with similar interests

• stout stick that is larger at one end

• a building that is occupied by a social club

• golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball

• a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more black trefoils on it

• a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink

• unite with a common purpose

• gather and spend time together

• strike with a club or a bludgeon

• gather into a club-like mass

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

• a large amphitheater in Rome whose construction was begun by Vespasian about AD 75 or 80

• an artistic form of nonverbal communication

• a party of people assembled for dancing

• taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music

• a party for social dancing

• move in a graceful and rhythmical way

• move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance

• skip, leap, or move up and down or sideways

• popular dance music (especially in the late 1970s); melodic with a regular bass beat; intended mainly for dancing at discotheques

• a public dance hall for dancing to recorded popular music

• dance to disco music

• a cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall

• a headlong plunge into water

• a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft

• drop steeply

• plunge into water

• swim under water

• a concave shape whose distinguishing characteristic is that the concavity faces downward

• informal terms for a human head

• a stadium that has a roof

• a hemispherical roof