Coliseum
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /kɒləˈsiːəm/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Coliseum is a noun meaning A large theatre, cinema, or stadium.
Meaning
A large theatre, cinema, or stadium.
More Meanings
- A large, often circular building, for indoor sporting events, exhibitions, concerts, etc.; arena.
Example Sentences
the London Coliseum
The state deplores the consumer approach in sport—and builds the colisea which encourage it.
Has he not found this wide region profusely sprinkled with public works—highways, bridges, acqueducts,^([sic]) arches, palaces, Colisea,—massive, Roman-built?
The nibbèd feather plumes its flights toward thee, / Thou mistress of mad poets and of night, / Cynthia, whom science weakly holds to be / The milky way’s coagulated light, / Or scooped from verdant Colisea of the Mite.
Word Forms
- coliseums
- colisea
- colosseum
Synonyms for coliseum
Depending on context, synonyms include amphitheatre, amphitheater.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include amphitheatre, amphitheater, arena, gym, gymnasium, dome.
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