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Noun: picture house
Usage: Brit
  1. A theatre where films are shown
    "We went to the local picture house to catch the latest blockbuster";
    - cinema, movie theater [US], movie theatre [N. Amer], movie house [N. Amer], picture palace [Brit, archaic], pictures [Brit], flicks [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: picture houses

Type of: house, theater [US], theatre

Encyclopedia: Picture house