Definitions for Colosseum

Colosseum Col·os·se·um

Spelling: [kol-uh-see-uh m]
IPA: /ˌkɒl əˈsi əm/

Colosseum is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 288 anagrams from letters in Colosseum (celmoossu).

Definitions for Colosseum

noun

  1. an ancient amphitheater in Rome, begun a.d. c70 by Vespasian, having the form of an oval 617 by 512 feet (188 by 156 meters).
  2. (lowercase) coliseum.

Origin of Colosseum

Latin, noun use of neuter of colossēus gigantic Greek kolossiaîos, equivalent to koloss(ós) colossus + -iaios adj. suffix

Examples for Colosseum

Like the Colosseum, it is the crestless trunk of its former self.

In Verona we went to see the play in the Colosseum by moonlight.

A circus or theatre of our day is a toy compared to the Colosseum.

Like the Colosseum, Jep both stands above and is a part of the grotesqueries that revolve around him.

Do, for charity's sake, accompany us, or meet us at the Colosseum.

This view of the Colosseum reminds me of one I saw at the Rossis'.

"You succeeded with the Colosseum," was Blanka's encouraging rejoinder.

The Colosseum will not suffer its likeness to be taken by every one; it is a favour that must be fought for.

The largest of these amphitheaters was the Colosseum, the ruins of which still exist.

A maniac at large and ranging at night about amid the Colosseum's ruins!

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