marquee
Other forms: marquees
A marquee is the roof-like overhang at the doorway of a hotel or theater, often holding a sign. You could choose a Broadway play just by wandering past the theaters and picking out a marquee that looks interesting.
A marquee is a theater sign or canopy that protrudes above a building's entrance. Movie theaters and performing arts theaters can have marquees, as can hotels and many other buildings. Marquee can also describe a person with a starring role, almost always preceding the word player, like when you describe the most well-known member of your local mime troupe as your "marquee player."
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large and often sumptuous tentsynonyms: paviliontype of:collapsible shelter, tenta portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
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permanent canopy over an entrance of a hotel etc.
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