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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
palaestra \palaes"tra\, n.
see palestra.
1913 webster
see also:
palestra
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
palestra \pales"tra\, n.; pl. l. palestrae, e. palestras.
nl., fr. l. palaestra, gr. ?, fr. ? to wrestle. written
also palaestra. antiq.
a a wrestling school; hence, a gymnasium, or place for
athletic exercise in general.
b a wrestling; the exercise of wrestling.
1913 webster palestric
palestrian
see also:
palestrae palestras palaestra
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
palaestra
n : a public place in ancient greece or rome devoted to the
training of wrestlers and other athletes syn: palestra
see also:
palestra
- [4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
75 moby thesaurus words for "palaestra":
rugby, acrobatics, agonistics, agora, amphitheater, arena,
association football, athletic field, athletics, auditorium,
background, bathing, bear garden, bowl, boxing ring, bull ring,
campus, canvas, circus, cockpit, coliseum, colosseum, course,
fencing school, field, floor, forum, ground, gym, gymnasium,
gymnastics, hall, hippodrome, lists, locale, marketplace, mat,
milieu, natation, open forum, parade ground, pit, place, platform,
precinct, prize ring, public square, purlieu, range, ring, rugger,
scene, scene of action, scenery, setting, site, soccer, sphere,
sports, squared circle, stadium, stage, stage set, stage setting,
swimming, terrain, theater, tilting ground, tiltyard, track,
track and field, tumbling, walk, wrestling ring,
wrestling school
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