bandstandnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbænd.stænd/us/ˈbænd.stænd/a covered place where musical groups can play outside
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Public entertainment venues
- auditorium
- bar
- boozer
- brewpub
- Broadway
- fleshpot
- flick
- free house
- gastropub
- honky-tonk
- hostelry
- nineteenth
- palace
- pavilion
- picture
- playhouse
- pub
- public bar
- public house
- saloon
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Examples from literature
- The lovers round the bandstand seemed to sway to it and draw closer to each other.
- There is a fine pavilion and bandstand at the end.
- There was a bandstand and musicians were playing some sort of music.
- They went through and out over the bridge of the south canal, on past the bandstand to the Administration building.
- To reach these he was obliged to pass close to the bandstand, where the band was playing as if the very existence of the show depended upon them.