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vomitory

 
Dictionary: vom·i·to·ry   (vŏm'ĭ-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) pronunciation

adj.
Inducing vomiting; vomitive.

n., pl., -ries.
  1. Something that induces vomiting.
  2. An aperture through which matter is discharged.
  3. One of the tunnellike passages of an amphitheater or stadium between the seats and the outside wall or passageway.

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An entrance or opening, usually one of a series, which pierces a bank of seats in a theater, stadium, or the like.


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the entrance piercing the banks of seats of a stadium
 
 
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