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orchestra or·ches·tra

Spelling: [awr-kuh-struh]

IPA: /ˈɔr kə strə/

Orchestra is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 697 anagrams from letters in orchestra (acehorrst).

Definitions for orchestra

noun

1. a group of performers on various musical instruments, including especially stringed instruments of the viol class, clarinets and flutes, cornets and trombones, drums, and cymbals, for playing music, as symphonies, operas, popular music, or other compositions.
2. the space reserved for the musicians, usually the front part of the main floor (orchestra pit) the entire main-floor space for spectators. the parquet.
3. (in the ancient Greek theater) the circular space in front of the stage, allotted to the chorus.
4. (in the Roman theater) a similar space reserved for persons of distinction.

Origin of orchestra

1590-1600; Latin orchēstra Greek orchḗstra the space on which the chorus danced, derivative of orcheîsthai to dance

Examples for orchestra

The organ itself is part of the show, as it can rise or drop independent of the orchestra pit.

Since the arrival of Chorus Master Donald Palumbo, the Met chorus now commands that same level of excellence as the orchestra.

The members of the orchestra came into the theatre, and after a while the music began.

She could no longer go to the orchestra; she was confined to a wheelchair.

He has made his orchestra the best in the country,--in fact, the only one.

People scream, the orchestra stops playing, and the stage manager whisks the diva into the wings.

He was a real sleight-of-hand man, and the anvil was his orchestra.

The orchestra was again playing more loudly in the distance.

orchestra seats cost $100; mezzanine is $75; and balcony, $50.

Then the leader of the orchestra came to his place, and after a pause, the music began.