opera house

noun

: a theater devoted principally to the performance of operas

broadly : theater

Examples of opera house in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Wheeler, a civil war veteran who visited Aspen in 1883, also built an opulent three-story opera house. — John Meyer, Denver Post, 26 July 2026

This 156-unit complex, situated just outside the historic center on the former site of the Politeama Fiorentino opera house, targets long-stay travelers, digital nomads, and families. — Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

At the white-columned City Hall, just steps from Odesa’s signature Beaux-Arts opera house, Deputy Mayor Filatov doesn’t try to minimize the struggles of the past winter. — Howard Lafranchi, Christian Science Monitor, 13 July 2026

Foster’s songs became ubiquitous—people sometimes mistook them for folk songs even during his lifetime—and were performed everywhere from back porches to opera houses, in every genre imaginable. — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1720, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for opera house

• alehouse
• almshouse
• backhouse
• baghouse
• bakehouse
• bathhouse
• bauhaus
• blockhouse
• boathouse
• brewhouse
• bunkhouse
• clubhouse