art house

[ ahrt-hous ]

/ ˈɑrt ˌhaʊs /

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noun

a movie theater specializing in the exhibition of art films.

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Also called art house the·a·ter

[ahrt-hous thee-uh-ter], /ˈɑrt ˌhaʊs ˌθi ə tər/, art the·a·ter

[ahrt-thee-uh-ter] /ˈɑrt ˌθi ə tər/ .

Origin of art house

First recorded in 1950–55

Words nearby art house

art for art's sake, art form, artful, art glass, art historical, art house, arthr-, arthralgia, arthrectomy, arthritic, arthritic general pseudoparalysis

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Even the arguably more democratic House is only at 10 percent black members.
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British Dictionary definitions for art house

art house

noun

a cinema which specializes in showing films which are not part of the commercial mainstream

adjective

of or relating to such films or a cinema which specializes in showing them
(as modifier)the surprise art-house hit of the season

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