amphitheatre
noun/ˈæmfɪθɪətə(r)/
/ˈæmfɪθiːətər/
(US English amphitheater)
- a round building without a roof and with rows of seats that rise in steps around an open space. Amphitheatres were used especially in ancient Greece and Rome for public entertainments.
- The Roman amphitheatre stands just outside the fortress walls.
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- a room, hall or theatre with rows of seats that rise in steps
- (specialist) an open space that is surrounded by high sloping land
- The path emerges from the gorge into an open amphitheatre with slopes all around.
Word Originlate Middle English: via Latin from Greek amphitheatron, from amphi ‘on both sides’ + theatron, from theasthai ‘behold’.
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