movie house
12
1.6
- noun
- /ˈmuːvi haʊs/
- US
:
cine
- Our township had one movie house, set prominently on the main street next to the trolley loop and the bakery.
- theater and movie house
- old movie house
- local movie house
Examples
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I run the movie house.
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The stranger in the back row of the movie house.
Fiction book (1999) -
I went into a movie house.
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Thousands of girls sit watching him in dark movie houses...
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There is a theater area with stages and movie houses.
Fiction book (2000) -
I'm managing a huge movie house here.
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Remember when you sat in your first movie house and watched a motion picture the size of a whole wall?
Fiction book (1991) -
His company, Walnut Properties, ran a string of movie houses south of Broadway.
Blog text (8) -
The Empire Cinema was later joined by other movie houses such as the Chox, Avalon, Empress, Cameo, and Odeon Cinemas.
Academic text (2005) -
Last night, we watched a thrilling new film at the local movie house.
Synonyms
553
1.0
A building where people go to see plays or movies
110
1.0
A building where people go to watch movies on a big screen
97
5.9
A building where people go to watch plays or films
65
1.0
A building where people go to watch films on a screen
8
9.3
A movie theater that shows cheap, shocking films often with violent scenes
7
4.1
A cinema with several screens that shows different films at the same time
2
3.4
A large movie theater with many screens showing different films at the same time
1
6.3
A building where people go to watch films
1
6.9
A cinema or film that shows artistic, independent movies for a smaller audience
1
6.0
A building where people go to watch movies
1
4.9
A very large movie theater with many screens showing different films
1
9.9
A building where people go to watch films
1
8.9
An old-fashioned cinema where films are shown to the public
A cinema with several rooms showing different films
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a cinema' is directly and predictably derived from combining 'movie' (a film) with 'house' (a building), yielding 'a building for movies.' This is a straightforward noun + noun compound following common composition patterns (and parallels in other languages), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
The noun movie house gives a clear picture: a house for movies, a building made for showing films. That's why it means 'a cinema' where people go to watch movies.