[ noun ] an oval large stadium with tiers of seats; an arena in which contests and spectacles are held <noun.artifact>
Colosseum \Col`os*se"um\, n. [Neut., fr. L. colosseus gigantic. See {Coliseum}.] The amphitheater of Vespasian in Rome. [Also written {Coliseum}.]
Coliseum \Col`i*se"um\, n. [NL. (cf. It. coliseo, colosseo), fr. L. colosseus colossal, fr. colossus a colossus. See {Colossus}, and cf. {Colosseum}.] The amphitheater of Vespasian at Rome, the largest in the world. [Written also {Colosseum}.] ※ ||
The Democratic National Convention Committee hopes it can peacefully resolve the problem of fitting 35,000 credential-bearing people into a coliseum that will seat only 11,000 for the party's four-day nominating session.
The deal does not include TBS' operating agreement for The Omni coliseum, adjacent to the complex.
In a dispute involving Presley's estate, the coliseum and the state, the state Court of Appeals ruled in December that the ticketholders should get the refunds because Presley never performed.
Quebec, for example, has a snow dump that resembles a coliseum, where the snow is allowed to melt and the remaining particles of pollutants are then disposed of.