- proscenium wall
- nounthe wall that separates the stage from the auditorium in a modern theater• Syn: ↑proscenium• Hypernyms: ↑wall• Part Holonyms: ↑theater stage, ↑theatre stage• Part Meronyms: ↑proscenium arch
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proscenium wall
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