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picture palace

picture palace noun: an elaborately decorated motion picture theater, principally as constructed from 1910 to 1950.

Noun

picture palace (plural picture palaces)

  1. (UK, dated, historical) An elaborately decorated motion picture theater, principally as constructed from 1910 to 1950.
    • After tea, the bright boys wash, clean their boots, and change into their “second-best” attire, and stroll forth, either to a picture palace or to the second house of the Balham Hippodrome; […]1918 [1915], Thomas Burke, Nights in London, New York: Henry Holt and Company, page 75
    • […] by cajolery and innuendo she had persuaded him to go to the picture palace to be cheered up, and as it was now on the turn of eleven he might be expected back at any moment.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    movie palace

picture palace meaning in Tamil

picture palace in Tamil

படமாளிகை

Synonyms of picture palace

Forms of picture palace

pluralpicture palaces

Origin of picture palace

From the romantically decorated, palacelike façades and interiors of the theaters.

Questions about picture palace

What does picture palace mean?
Picture palace means an elaborately decorated motion picture theater, principally as constructed from 1910 to 1950.
What is picture palace in Tamil?
Picture palace in Tamil is படமாளிகை. See Picture palace meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is picture palace?
Picture palace is a noun.
What is the plural of picture palace?
The plural of picture palace is picture palaces.

Words near picture palace in the dictionary

  1. picture message
  2. picture messages
  3. picture messaging
  4. picture molding
  5. picture moldings
  6. picture palace
  7. picture palaces
  8. picture paper
  9. picture papers
  10. picture perfect
  11. picture plane

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