DRESS CIRCLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dress circle mean? 

• DRESS CIRCLE (noun)
  The noun DRESS CIRCLE has 1 sense:

1. a curved section or tier of seats in a hall or theater or opera house; usually the first tier above the orchestra

  Familiarity information: DRESS CIRCLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DRESS CIRCLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A curved section or tier of seats in a hall or theater or opera house; usually the first tier above the orchestra

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

circle; dress circle

Context example:

they had excellent seats in the dress circle

Hypernyms ("dress circle" is a kind of...):

seating; seating area; seating room; seats (an area that includes places where several people can sit)

Holonyms ("dress circle" is a part of...):

house; theater; theatre (a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented)

 Context examples 

Tumultuous applause followed but received an unexpected check, for the cot bed, on which the dress circle was built, suddenly shut up and extinguished the enthusiastic audience.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

On Christmas night, a dozen girls piled onto the bed which was the dress circle, and sat before the blue and yellow chintz curtains in a most flattering state of expectancy.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)