outdoor stage
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2.7
- noun
- /ˈaʊtˌdɔr steɪdʒ/
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escenario al aire libre
- Observe cats in their natural environment—on an outdoor stage—while they sing, dance, and fight for Old Deuteronomy's attention in this Broadway musical that has set long-run records in London and New York.
- music on an outdoor stage
- play the outdoor stage
- outdoor stage features
Examples
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Beginning at dusk, the outdoor stage is flooded with moving colored lights.
Academic text (1996) -
An outdoor stage for plays and other performances.
Blog text (1) -
Also, be sure to check out the outdoor stage for non-stop entertainment throughout the afternoon.
Blog text (28) -
They'd come upon the outdoor stage, with the table for the judges off to one side.
Fiction book (2001) -
The community gathered around the outdoor stage to watch the local bands perform during the summer festival.
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Children enjoyed the puppet show that took place on the outdoor stage at the park.
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Every weekend, food trucks line up next to the outdoor stage where artists display their talents.
Synonyms
375
1.0
A flat raised surface where performers or microscope slides sit
90
1.6
A raised flat surface where people stand or work, like a stage
15
4.0
A raised platform in a park where a band plays music
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a raised platform built outside for performances' is directly derivable from combining 'outdoor' (outside) with 'stage' (raised platform). This is a regular, compositional noun phrase following common English compounding patterns and is cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will understand it.
Etymology
The noun outdoor stage comes from the simple picture of a stage as a raised platform placed outdoor, that is, outside, where people give 'performances' or speak to a crowd. That's why it means 'a raised platform built outside for performances or other public events'.