Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

picture palace

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.37 in modern English

Syllables: pic-ture -palace
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An elaborately decorated motion picture theater, principally as constructed from 1910 to 1950.

British usage; Dated

Example Sentences

"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; […]"
"[…] 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."

Etymology

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

Usage

British usage
Dated

Inflected Forms

picture palaces (plural)

Synonyms

movie palace cinema movie theater movie theatre movie house

Questions

What does picture palace mean?: An elaborately decorated motion picture theater, principally as constructed from 1910 to 1950.
Where does picture palace come from?: From the romantically decorated, palacelike façades and interiors of the theaters.

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