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off-broadway

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.08 in modern English

Syllables
of-f-broad-way
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In the New York City area, a small theater with fewer than 300 seats, or a production in such a theater, usually away from the Broadway theater district, which operates under special rules from the theatrical unions and permits mounting productions at a much lower cost.

adj

Of or pertaining to an off-Broadway theater, or a production mounted in one.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From off- + Broadway.

Inflected Forms

off-Broadways (plural)

Phrases

off-off-Broadway off-off-off-Broadway

Questions

What does off-broadway mean?
In the New York City area, a small theater with fewer than 300 seats, or a production in such a theater, usually away from the Broadway theater district, which operates under special rules from the theatrical unions and permits mounting productions at a much lower cost.
Where does off-broadway come from?
From off- + Broadway.

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