Synonyms for playhouse


Grammar : Noun
Spell : pley-hous
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpleɪˌhaʊs

Top 10 synonyms for playhouse Other synonyms for the word playhouse

Définition of playhouse

Origin :
  • late Old English pleghus; see play (n.) + house (n.).
  • As in auditorium : noun room, building for entertainment events
  • As in theater/theatre : noun stage, building for performance
  • As in theater : noun stage
  • As in cinema : noun movie industry; movie arena
Example sentences :
  • Colds caught at this season are The Companion to the Playhouse.
  • Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson
  • I was in the playhouse one night when Cà Ira was called for.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
  • There was a balcony from which you could look down on the dancers as from the gallery of a playhouse.
  • Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
  • She calls it her playhouse and you'd think 'twas Heaven the way she loves to stay there.
  • Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • In the autumn of 1580 he saw an opportunity to break the lease and close the playhouse.
  • Extract from : « Shakespearean Playhouses » by Joseph Quincy Adams
  • The first passage cited may refer to the playhouse at Newington Butts.
  • Extract from : « Shakespearean Playhouses » by Joseph Quincy Adams
  • After this there is no evidence to connect the playhouse with dramatic performances.
  • Extract from : « Shakespearean Playhouses » by Joseph Quincy Adams
  • This is the last that we hear of the playhouse, that was "in times past as famous as any of the other."
  • Extract from : « Shakespearean Playhouses » by Joseph Quincy Adams
  • For a time, no doubt, affairs at the playhouse were at a standstill.
  • Extract from : « Shakespearean Playhouses » by Joseph Quincy Adams
  • It is possible, then, that the building was an old cockpit made into a playhouse.
  • Extract from : « Shakespearean Playhouses » by Joseph Quincy Adams
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