cinema

[sin-uh-muh] / ˈsɪn ə mə /

NOUN

movie industry; movie arena

Synonyms

STRONGEST

film movie house movie theater

STRONG

bijou drive-in flicks pictures playhouse show

WEAK

big screen cine motion pictures moving pictures nabes photoplay picture show silver screen

Example Sentences

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A happy marriage; well-ordered life in the suburbs; warm slippers in the fender, and all that that stands for; kinemas, perhaps, and bowls.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. CLVIII, January 7, 1920 by Various

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