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noun

mainly British an old-fashioned name for cinema (def. 1a)

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Words nearby picture house

picture book, picture card, picture disc, picturegoer, picture hat, picture house, picture is worth a thousand words, one, picture messaging, picture mold, picture moulding, picture palace
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Words related to picture house

cinema, movie house, multiplex, fleapit, grind house, picture palace, picture show

Example sentences from the Web for picture house

  • I was aware that this question had been waiting for an answer ever since we had left that picture-house in Shaftesbury Avenue.

    The Tower of Oblivion|Oliver Onions

  • It was just like any other picture-house except that it had a small organ built into the wall high up in one corner.

    The Tower of Oblivion|Oliver Onions

  • The picture-house and the bicycle have damaged the brewer and the publican.

    Progress and History|Various