Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dress circle

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.34 in modern English

Syllables: dress -cir-cle
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A gallery in a theater, generally the one containing the prominent and more expensive seats.

Example Sentences

"This concerned complaints arising under the Civil Rights Act of 1875 by blacks denied hotel accommodations in Kansas and Missouri, excluded from the ladies' car of a train in Tennessee, and barred from the dress circle of a theater in San Francisco and from the Grand Opera House of New York City."

Etymology

Formal dress clothing was generally worn in this gallery.

Inflected Forms

dress circles (plural)

Synonyms

circle

Questions

What does dress circle mean?: A gallery in a theater, generally the one containing the prominent and more expensive seats.
Where does dress circle come from?: Formal dress clothing was generally worn in this gallery.

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