OSTERIA DEL TEATRO PAVIA

theater |?θ??t?r| (also theatre)
noun

a building or outdoor area in which plays and other dramatic performances are given.
• (often the theater) the activity or profession of acting in, producing, directing, or writing plays : what made you want to go into the theater?
• a play or other activity or presentation considered in terms of its dramatic quality : this is intense, moving, and inspiring theater.
• a movie theater.
• a room or hall for lectures, etc., with seats in tiers.
• the area in which something happens : a new theater of war has been opened up.
• [as adj. ] denoting weapons for use in a particular region between tactical and strategic : he was working on theater defense missiles.
ORIGIN late Middle English (originally as [theatre] ), from Old French, or from Latin theatrum, from Greek theatron, from theasthai ‘behold.’