opera house

noun

: a theater devoted principally to the performance of operas
broadly : theater

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There’s nothing like a showpiece opera house to mark your city out as architecturally sophisticated. Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 1 Jan. 2026 How bizarre, though, to hold entertainment, one of the handful of things that make this planet bearable, in such low esteem, like an opera house that proclaims its commitment to justice but forgets to mention music. Jackson Arn, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025 Visit the City of Arts and Sciences, which encompasses an opera house, science museum, exhibition spaces, and one of Europe’s best aquariums. Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2025 The Sarasota Opera House didn’t start out as an opera house. Stacey Lastoe, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for opera house

Word History

First Known Use

1720, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of opera house was in 1720

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“Opera house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/opera%20house. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.

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