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Noun: movie theatre
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: cinema)
  1. 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