COLISEUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coliseum mean? 

• COLISEUM (noun)
  The noun COLISEUM has 1 sense:

1. an oval large stadium with tiers of seats; an arena in which contests and spectacles are held

  Familiarity information: COLISEUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COLISEUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An oval large stadium with tiers of seats; an arena in which contests and spectacles are held

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

amphitheater; amphitheatre; coliseum

Hypernyms ("coliseum" is a kind of...):

arena; bowl; sports stadium; stadium (a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments)

Meronyms (parts of "coliseum"):

vomitory (an entrance to an amphitheater or stadium)

Instance hyponyms:

Amphitheatrum Flavium; Colosseum (a large amphitheater in Rome whose construction was begun by Vespasian about AD 75 or 80)