projection booth

noun

a soundproof compartment in a theater where a motion-picture projector is housed and from which the picture is projected on the screen.
a compartment at the rear of or above an auditorium, in which spotlights and other lighting units are operated.

Origin of projection booth

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First recorded in 1925–30

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How to use projection booth in a sentence

Just which parts of the brain serve as the projection booth for nightmares is uncertain.
Scientists Are Learning to Read—and Change—Your Nightmares | Jeffrey Kluger | August 6, 2020 | Time
I sat there in the projection booth and thought, “Oh my god, you could tell a story this way?”
Paul Haggis on Scientology, the ‘Crash’ Oscar, and ‘Third Person’ | Kevin Fallon | June 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST

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