Noun: movie theatre
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: cinema)
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: cinema)
- A theater where films are shown
"We went to the local movie theatre to catch the latest blockbuster";
- cinema, movie theater [US], movie house [N. Amer], picture palace [Brit, archaic], pictures [Brit], picture house [Brit], flicks [Brit, informal]
Derived forms: movie theatres
Type of: house, theater [US], theatre
Encyclopedia: Movie theatre