Word: Orchestra
How to pronounce: ˈɔːkɪstrə
Noun
Definitions:
1. A group of instrumentalists, especially one combining string, woodwind, brass, and percussion sections and playing classical music.
Example sentences: "Numbering more than 15,000, Boosey publications are a staple for serious musicians of all instruments, and for concert bands, orchestras and choirs."
2. The part of a theater where the orchestra plays, typically in front of the stage and on a lower level than the audience.The seats on the ground floor in a theater.
Example sentences: "This could be lowered for an orchestra pit; raised to match the floor level just in front of the stage, where it could support three rows of seating; or raised further to the stage's level, increasing its frontal floor area."
3. The semicircular space in front of an ancient Greek theater stage where the chorus danced and sang.
Synonyms:
band
orchestre
philharmonic
parterre
the pit
symphony orchestra
symphony
Derivations:
orchestral
orchestrating
orchestration
orchestrate
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Orchestra in Other Languages...
Spanish: Orquesta
German: Orchester
French: Orchestre
Italian: Orchestra
Turkish: Orkestra
