playhouse
noun [C] (THEATRE) /ˈpleɪ.haʊs/Definition
› a theatre. This is now only used in the names of theatres: the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego the Edinburgh PlayhousePublic entertainment venuesTheatres, cinemas and their parts
(Definition of playhouse noun (THEATRE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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