sound stage

noun

A soundproof room or building used for the production of movies or of television programmes.

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Meanings

nounsound stage (plural sound stages)

plural sound stages · alternative soundstage

  1. broadcastingA soundproof room or building used for the production of movies or of television programmes.

    Filmed entirely on a sound stage, with the exception of a single cutaway exterior shot (reproduced exactly in the Swedish version) , the film has all the earmarks of the "canned theatre" style: minimal camera movement[…]

    1992, Robert B. Altman, Sound Theory, Sound Practice, Psychology Press, →ISBN, page 145

Origin

From sound + stage.

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APA

sound stage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sound%20stage

MLA

“sound stage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sound%20stage. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sound stage,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sound%20stage.

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