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Found 4 hits - Term: music hall, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
music \mu"sic\, n. f. musique, fr. l. musica, gr. ? sc. ?,
   any art over which the muses presided, especially music,
   lyric poetry set and sung to music, fr. ? belonging to muses
   or fine arts, fr. ? muse.
   1. the science and the art of tones, or musical sounds, i.
      e., sounds of higher or lower pitch, begotten of uniform
      and synchronous vibrations, as of a string at various
      degrees of tension; the science of harmonical tones which
      treats of the principles of harmony, or the properties,
      dependences, and relations of tones to each other; the art
      of combining tones in a manner to please the ear.
      1913 webster

   note: not all sounds are tones. sounds may be unmusical and
         yet please the ear. music deals with tones, and with no
         other sounds. see tone.
         1913 webster

   2.
      a melody; a rhythmical and otherwise agreeable
          succession of tones.
      b harmony; an accordant combination of simultaneous
          tones.
          1913 webster

   3. the written and printed notation of a musical composition;
      the score.
      1913 webster

   4. love of music; capacity of enjoying music.
      1913 webster

            the man that hath no music in himself
            nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds,
            is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils. --shak.
      1913 webster

   5. zool. a more or less musical sound made by many of the
      lower animals. see stridulation.
      1913 webster

   magic music, a game in which a person is guided in finding
      a hidden article, or in doing a specific art required, by
      music which is made more loud or rapid as he approaches
      success, and slower as he recedes. --tennyson.

   music box. see musical box, under musical.

   music hall, a place for public musical entertainments.

   music loft, a gallery for musicians, as in a dancing room
      or a church.

   music of the spheres, the harmony supposed to be produced
      by the accordant movement of the celestial spheres.

   music paper, paper ruled with the musical staff, for the
      use of composers and copyists.

   music pen, a pen for ruling at one time the five lines of
      the musical staff.

   music shell zool., a handsomely colored marine gastropod
      shell voluta musica found in the east indies; -- so
      called because the color markings often resemble printed
      music. sometimes applied to other shells similarly marked.
      

   to face the music, to meet any disagreeable necessity, such
      as a reprimand for an error or misdeed, without flinching.
      colloq. or slang
      1913 webster
see also:
tone stridulation magic music music box musical box musical 
music hall music loft music of the spheres music paper music pen 
music shell voluta musica to face the music 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
music hall \music hall\
   a place for public musical entertainments; specif. eng.,
   esp. a public hall for vaudeville performances, in which
   smoking and drinking are usually allowed in the auditorium.
   webster 1913 suppl.

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
music hall
     n 1: a theater in which vaudeville is staged syn: vaudeville
          theater, vaudeville theatre
     2: a variety show with songs and comic acts etc. syn: vaudeville
see also:
vaudeville theater vaudeville theatre vaudeville 
[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
33 moby thesaurus words for "music hall":
   elizabethan theater, globe theatre, greek theater, amphitheater,
   arena, arena theater, assembly hall, auditorium, cabaret, chapel,
   circle theater, club, concert hall, convention hall, dance hall,
   exhibition hall, gallery, hall, house, lecture hall,
   little theater, meetinghouse, night spot, nightclub, opera,
   opera house, outdoor theater, playhouse, showboat, stadium,
   theater, theater-in-the-round, theatron





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Dance Hall >> D Words
Dance Hall, definition of term: Dance Hall
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Church Music, definition of term: Church Music
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Classical Music, definition of term: Classical Music
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