noun
1. a sloping gallery with seats for spectators (as in an operating room or theater)
• Syn: ↑amphitheatre
• Derivationally related forms: ↑amphitheatrical (for: ↑amphitheatre), ↑amphitheatric
• Topics: ↑dramaturgy, ↑dramatic art, ↑dramatics, ↑theater, ↑theatre
• Hypernyms: ↑gallery
• Part Meronyms: ↑tiered seat
2. an oval large stadium with tiers of seats; an arena in which contests and spectacles are held
• Syn: ↑amphitheatre, ↑coliseum
• Derivationally related forms: ↑amphitheatrical (for: ↑amphitheatre), ↑amphitheatric
• Hypernyms: ↑stadium, ↑bowl, ↑arena, ↑sports stadium
• Instance Hyponyms: ↑Colosseum, ↑Amphitheatrum Flavium
• Part Meronyms: ↑vomitory
Useful english dictionary. 2012.