music hall

noun

Synonyms of music hallnext
: a vaudeville theater
also : vaudeville

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The development includes a 6,000-seat theater-style music hall, innovative greenspace providing 10 acres of public recreational and community space, multiple dining and retail options, and approximately 5,000 mixed-income housing units. Tara Molina, CBS News, 3 June 2026 In a separate action, the union has also called on all professionals in the performing arts, media, and publishing sectors to join a protest against Bolloré in front of the legendary Olympia music hall in Paris, which is owned bby Vivendi, in which the Bolloré Group. Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 23 May 2026 That start is set to include a 6,000-seat music hall, a boutique hotel, several parking garages with ground-level retail space and nearly 10 acres of green spaces. Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026 The ever-resourceful Colette took a job as a music hall performer, which inspired her books The Vagabond (1910) and Music-Hall Sidelights (1913). René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for music hall

Word History

First Known Use

1842, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of music hall was in 1842

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“Music hall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/music%20hall. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.

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