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picture house

noun

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

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RELATED WORDS

cinema, multiplex, fleapit

Nearby words

  1. picture,
  2. picture book,
  3. picture card,
  4. picture disc,
  5. picture hat,
  6. picture is worth a thousand words, one,
  7. picture layout,
  8. picture messaging,
  9. picture mold,
  10. picture moulding
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Examples 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