[syn: cinema, movie theater, movie theatre, movie house, picture palace]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
cinema \cinema\ n.
1. the art of creating motion pictures; as, this story would
be good cinema; -- often used in the phrase the cinema.
Syn: the film.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
2. a theater where motion pictures are shown.
Syn: movie theater, movie theatre, movie house, picture
palace.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. same as motion picture. [Chiefly Brit.]
[PJC] Cinematic
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
cinema
n 1: a medium that disseminates moving pictures; "theater pieces
transferred to celluloid"; "this story would be good
cinema"; "film coverage of sporting events" [syn: film,
cinema, celluloid]
2: a theater where films are shown [syn: cinema, movie
theater, movie theatre, movie house, picture palace]