ORCHESTRA
- a large company of musicians (strings, woodwind, brass, and percussion) playing together under a conductor [n -S]
- A group of instrumentalists, esp. one combining string, woodwind, brass, and percussion sections and playing classical music
- 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
- The semicircular space in front of an ancient Greek theater stage where the chorus danced and sang