Fourth wall

noun

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.nounThe imaginary invisible wall at the front of the stage in a proscenium theatre, through which the audience sees the action in the world of the play.

2.noun(by extension) The boundary between the fiction and the audience.

Synonyms

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