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English Dictionary: Amphitheater by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
amphitheater
n
  1. a sloping gallery with seats for spectators (as in an operating room or theater)
    Synonym(s): amphitheater, amphitheatre
  2. an oval large stadium with tiers of seats; an arena in which contests and spectacles are held
    Synonym(s): amphitheater, amphitheatre, coliseum
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Amphitheater \Am`phi*the"a*ter\, Amphitheatre
   \Am`phi*the"a*tre\,, n. [L. amphitheatrum, fr. Gr. [?]; [?] +
      [?] theater: cf. F. amphith[82][83]tre. See {Theater}.]
      1. An oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats
            about an open space called the arena.
  
      Note: The Romans first constructed amphitheaters for combats
               of gladiators and wild beasts.
  
      2. Anything resembling an amphitheater in form; as, a level
            surrounded by rising slopes or hills, or a rising gallery
            in a theater.
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