music hall
Americannoun
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an auditorium for concerts and musical entertainments.
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a vaudeville or variety theater.
noun
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US and Canadian name: vaudeville. a variety entertainment consisting of songs, comic turns, etc
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( as modifier )
a music-hall song
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a theatre at which such entertainments are staged
Etymology
Origin of music hall
First recorded in 1835–45
Example Sentences
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I dashed to the ship’s music hall for the 9:30 word-search challenge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
French police have arrested four people over protests that disrupted a concert by Israel's national orchestra at the Paris Philharmonic music hall, a prosecutor said on Friday.
From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2025
Once a music hall and auditorium, this towering edifice of brick and stained glass with a monstrous pipe organ and nearly 1,700 seats was red-tagged and razed after the 1971 San Fernando earthquake.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2024
He said his lifelong love affair with theatre stemmed in part from seeing his sister being sawn in half as a conjuror's assistant at a local music hall.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2024
First it was Theodore Thomas, conductor of Chicago’s symphony, who saw the island as the ideal site, the only site, for a music hall worthy of the fair.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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