sound stage

American  

noun

1. a large, soundproof studio used for filming motion pictures.

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sound stage British  

noun

1. a soundproof room or building in which cinematic films are shot

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Etymology

Origin of sound stage

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

In October 2024, at a Warner Bros. sound stage in Burbank, Calif., Musk demonstrated his vision for cities replete with autonomous vehicles and robots.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 3, 2026

A large New York Philharmonic, vocal soloists and chorus assembled on a CBS sound stage for a live national television broadcast.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2025

To achieve the special effects of the solar eclipse, the house was reassembled on the largest blue screen sound stage in the world, constructed ad hoc at a hockey arena in Nova Scotia.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2025

Working surreptitiously around his studio’s president and the government censorship agency, he reconvenes his cast and crew, boards them up in a sound stage, and gets to work on his opus.

From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2024

“I was just shooting a Taco Bob commercial on the sound stage next door. You should hear what everybody is saying!”

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein