orchestra pit
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orchestra pit
noun orchestra pits · orchestra-pit
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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.
Similar: orchestra stalls
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noun sunken area in front of a stage
| Español | foso de orquesta |
|---|---|
| Français | fosse d’orchestre |
| Deutsch | Orchestergraben |
| Italiano | golfo mistico, buca d'orchestra, fossa d'orchestra |
| Русский | оркестровая яма orkestrovaja jama |
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title = {orchestra pit},
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