Definitions

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  • adjective of machinery, etc. underneath the stage
  • noun theater The area beneath a stage.

Etymologies

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under- +‎ stage

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Examples

  • He falls into a kind of fascination with the place, despite, or maybe because of, its eerie nature, the rustlings of ghostly presences, and the clumsily built brick wall that cuts off half the understage area and cannot be penetrated.

    2009 October « Tales from the Reading Room 2009

  • He falls into a kind of fascination with the place, despite, or maybe because of, its eerie nature, the rustlings of ghostly presences, and the clumsily built brick wall that cuts off half the understage area and cannot be penetrated.

    Burying The Past « Tales from the Reading Room 2009

  • There are some great effects, aided by the addition of access to the understage area.

    Chrome eddvick 2008

  • Added to that, Welles devised a series of open traps which led down to the understage area and scared his cast witless.

    Evening Standard - Home 2009

  • Added to that, Welles devised a series of open traps which led down to the understage area and scared his cast witless.

    Evening Standard - Home 2009

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