movie house

noun

US
: a building in which movies are shown : a movie theater

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Find a bargain movie house and enjoy an afternoon at the movies. — Parents, 11 June 2026 It had been converted into a studio by Jim and Estelle from the bones of a movie house. — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 14 Apr. 2026 The show is fittingly given a live theater setting, with the characters working in a Depression-era movie house. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 12 Jan. 2026 And that’s why films like Hamnet deserve a theatrical release — not just releasing it into the world with clusters of five or six people sitting around a living room watching television, but altogether in the great unknown of a dark movie house. — Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 29 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for movie house

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“Movie house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/movie%20house. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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