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orchestra |ˈôrkistrə; -ˌkestrə|
noun
1 a group of instrumentalists, esp. one combining string, woodwind, brass, and percussion sections and playing classical music.
2 (also orchestra pit) the part of a theater where the orchestra plays, typically in front of the stage and on a lower level than the audience.
• the seats on the ground floor in a theater.
3 the semicircular space in front of an ancient Greek theater stage where the chorus danced and sang.
ORIGIN early 17th cent.: via Latin from Greek orkhēstra, from orkheisthai 'to
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