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proscenium collapse: the wall that separates the stage from the auditorium in a modern theater; the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain)

donate collapse: give to a charity or good cause; "I donated blood to the Red Cross for the victims of the earthquake"; "donate money to the orphanage"; "She donates to her favorite charity every month"

boards collapse: the boarding that surrounds an ice hockey rink; the stage of a theater; "most actors love to stride the boards"

groundwork collapse: preliminary preparation as a basis or foundation; "we are prepared today because of groundwork that was done ten years ago"

stratum collapse: one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock)

lose collapse: fail to win; "We lost the battle but we won the war"; suffer the loss of a person through death or removal; "She lost her husband in the war"; "The couple that wanted to adopt the child lost her when the biological parents claimed her"; allow to go out of sight; "The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light"; miss from one's possessions; lose sight of; "I've lost my glasses again!"; fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense; "She lost her purse when she left it unattended on her seat"; fail to get or obtain; "I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad"; fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit; "I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!"; "The company turned a loss after the first year"

acclaim collapse: enthusiastic approval; "the book met with modest acclaim"; "he acknowledged the plaudits of the crowd"; "they gave him more eclat than he really deserved"; praise vociferously; "The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein"

pine collapse: a coniferous tree; straight-grained durable and often resinous white to yellowish timber of any of numerous trees of the genus Pinus

esplanade collapse: a long stretch of open level ground (paved or grassy) for walking beside the seashore

furnish collapse: provide or equip with furniture; "We furnished the house in the Biedermeyer style"

confess collapse: confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith; confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure

pay collapse: bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action; "You'll pay for this!"; "She had to pay the penalty for speaking out rashly"; "You'll pay for this opinion later"; give money, usually in exchange for goods or services; "I paid four dollars for this sandwich"; "Pay the waitress, please"; discharge or settle; "pay a debt"; "pay an obligation"; do or give something to somebody in return; "Does she pay you for the work you are doing?"; make a compensation for; "a favor that cannot be paid back"; render; "pay a visit"; "pay a call"; be worth it; "It pays to go through the trouble"

tier collapse: one of two or more layers one atop another; "tier upon tier of huge casks"; "a three-tier wedding cake"; something that is used for tying; "the sail is fastened to the yard with tiers"; a worker who ties something; any one of two or more competitors who tie one another

fall back collapse: retreat; fall backwards and down; have recourse to; "The government resorted to rationing meat"

ceiling collapse: the overhead upper surface of a room; "he hated painting the ceiling"; (meteorology) altitude of the lowest layer of clouds; maximum altitude at which a plane can fly (under specified conditions); an upper limit on what is allowed; "they established a cap for prices"

horizontal collapse: something that is oriented horizontally; parallel to or in the plane of the horizon or a base line; "a horizontal surface"

languish collapse: become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"

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