'the cinema' definitions:
Definition of 'the cinema'
From: GCIDE
- cinema \cinema\ n.
- 1. the art of creating motion pictures; as, this story would be good cinema; -- often used in the phrase the cinema.
- Syn: the film. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
- 2. a theater where motion pictures are shown.
- Syn: movie theater, movie theatre, movie house, picture palace. [WordNet 1.5]
- 3. same as motion picture. [Chiefly Brit.] [PJC] Cinematic