auditorium

au·di·to·ri·um

noun \ˌȯ-də-ˈtȯr-ē-əm\

plural au·di·to·riums or au·di·to·ria\-ē-ə\

Definition of AUDITORIUM

1

: a room, hall, or building used for public gatherings

2

: the part of a public building where an audience sits

Examples of AUDITORIUM

1. <will hold the town meeting in the high school auditorium>

Origin of AUDITORIUM

Latin, literally, lecture room

First Known Use: 1700

Related to AUDITORIUM

Synonyms: amphitheater, arena, hall, garden, theater (or theatre)

Related Words: arena theater, music hall, odeum, playhouse, theater-in-the-round; ballroom; lyceum; chamber, house, senate; cafetorium

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Other Architecture Terms

buttress, casita, cornice, fanlight, garret, lintel, parapet, pilaster, plinth

Rhymes with AUDITORIUM

cafetorium, crematorium, in memoriam, moratorium, natatorium, sanatorium, sudatorium