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orchestra pits

orchestra pits is the plural of orchestra pit.

Meaning of orchestra pit

Noun

orchestra pit (plural orchestra pits)

  1. (performing arts) A sunken area in front of a stage in which musicians, largely hidden from view, play music to accompany stage performances.
    • On the stage of the Gotham gloom reigned. . . . Johnson Miller was pacing the gangway between the orchestra pit and the first row of the orchestra chairs.1921, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 14, in Jill the Reckless

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What is orchestra pits the plural of?
Orchestra pits is the plural of orchestra pit.

Words near orchestra pits in the dictionary

  1. Orcheston
  2. orchestra
  3. orchestra hit
  4. orchestra hits
  5. orchestra pit
  6. orchestra pits
  7. orchestra stalls
  8. orchestra-pit
  9. orchestrae
  10. orchestral
  11. orchestral pop

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