orchestra

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A large group of musicians who play instruments together, often including strings, woodwind, brass and percussion.

   The orchestra tuned their instruments before the concert began.

2. 2
   noun

   The area in a theatre, just in front of and below the stage, where the musicians sit.

   The conductor stepped down into the orchestra and raised his baton.

Borrowed from Latin orchēstra, borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀρχήστρα (orkhḗstra), from ὀρχέομαι (orkhéomai) + -τρᾰ (-tră).

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