From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmovie theaterˈmovie ˌtheater ●●● S3 noun [countable] American English AMFa building where you go in order to watch films SYN cinema British English
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movie theater• But these days television is crowded with faces that first caught our attention in the darkness of a movie theater.• Those speakers direct sound to the front and back of the room, duplicating the spacious effect of a movie theater.• Bogies is housed in a restored movie theater and decorated with Humphrey Bogart memorabilia.• That still despair pervades the movie and the movie theater. 