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coliseum
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Word definitions for coliseum in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an oval large stadium with tiers of seats; an arena in which contests and spectacles are held [syn: amphitheater , amphitheatre ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"music hall," c.1710, Modern Latin variant of Latin colosseum , amphitheater of Vespasian at Rome (see Colosseum ).
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
The Coliséum is a multi-sport arena in Amiens , France . It is the home of the Gothiques d'Amiens of the Ligue Magnus . The center features two ice rinks and an Olympic-sized swimming pool.
Usage examples of coliseum.
For three strides, it was just Adela on her Andalusian in the middle of the ring at the Alamo Coliseum.
Moving closer, Arden looked at the posters in the shop windows, recognizing the Roman Coliseum and the Acropolis.
Scarcely had the proud structure of the Coliseum been dedicated at Rome, before the edifices, of a smaller scale indeed, but of the same design and materials, were erected for the use, and at the expense, of the cities of Capua and Verona.
When Alexis had looked at her blankly, Helen had grudgingly explained that meetings in the coliseum with the Body were only for the purpose of voting upon crimes involving the first five laws.
He joined the mafficking clubbers, hiding himself within their colourful nucleus, crossing the road by the London Coliseum to head towards Piccadilly Circus.
I saw the Forum, or what was left of it, and the Appian Way, and the Coliseum, looking like a mouse-eaten cheese.
You will train them in this great coliseum, and you will build arenas at the heart of every city and town.
You may join us in building the coliseum, or you may join the foundation stones of the coliseum.
She plans for all of you to die, whether in building this coliseum or fighting in it.
Phage only hoped the docks would meet with his approval-only hoped the island, the workers, the coliseum, the progress, that all of it would please him.
Within a mile radius of the coliseum, all waterways will be sky-blue and lined with cement.
Braids was her voice to the world outside the coliseum, and Zagorka was her voice to the world within.
She nodded toward the great gates of the coliseum, and they swung wide.
Phage stood at the center of the coliseum and listened as the crowd cheered him and jeered her.
Phage ripped away a hunk of the sword and hurled it across the coliseum, where it struck stone.