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music hall
also music-hall
Word forms: plural music halls
1. uncountable noun [oft NOUN noun]
Music hall was a popular form of entertainment in the theatre in the nineteenth and early twentieth century. It consisted of a series of performances by comedians, singers, and dancers.
[mainly British] ...an old music hall song.
regional note: in AM, usually use vaudeville2. countable noun
A music hall was a theatre that presented popular entertainment.
[mainly British]regional note: in AM, usually use vaudeville theater music hall in British English
noun mainly British
1.
a.
a variety entertainment consisting of songs, comic turns, etc
US and Canadian name: vaudevilleb.
(as modifier)
a music-hall song
2.
a theatre at which such entertainments are staged
music hall in American English
1.
an auditorium for musical or theatrical productions
2. British
a vaudeville theater
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