amphitheater
Noun
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A sloping gallery with seats for spectators (as in an operating room or theater) (synset 102708060)
domain category: dramatic art, dramatics, dramaturgy, theater, theatre - the art of writing and producing playshypernym: gallery - narrow recessed balcony area along an upper floor on the interior of a building; usually marked by a colonnadepart holonym: tiered seat - seating that is arranged in sloping tiers so that spectators in the back can see over the heads of those in frontsynonym: amphitheatre
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An oval large stadium with tiers of seats;
An arena in which contests and spectacles are held (synset 102707808)hypernym: arena, bowl, sports stadium, stadium - a large structure for open-air sports or entertainmentsinstance hyponym: amphitheatrum flavium, colosseum - a large amphitheater in Rome whose construction was begun by Vespasian about AD 75 or 80part holonym: vomitory - an entrance to an amphitheater or stadiumsynonym: amphitheatre, coliseum
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