the area of seats on the ground floor of a theatre or cinema nearest to the stage or screen
a seat in the stalls
Examples of 'stalls' in a sentence
stalls
On reaching the market she spent another ten minutes browsing through the stalls, her eyes continually alert behind her dark sunglasses.
MacNeill, Alastair THE DEVIL'S DOOR (2002)
I followed the spinal rift in her muscled back as she weaved through the crowded wooden stalls.
Robert Wilson A DARKENING STAIN (2002)
Pools of icy water collected in the plastic sheets that traders had erected over their stalls.
Mark Burnell CHAMELEON (2002)
All related terms of 'stalls'
stall
If a process stalls , or if someone or something stalls it, the process stops but may continue at a later time.
career stalls
A career is the job or profession that someone does for a long period of their life.
starting stalls
a line of stalls in which horses are enclosed at the start of a race and from which they are released by the simultaneous springing open of retaining barriers at the front of each stall
orchestra stalls
a large group of musicians , esp one whose members play a variety of different instruments
box stall
a small stall with four walls for holding a horse
fruit stall
a market stall that sells a variety of edible fruits
shower stall
a shower enclosure
refreshment stall
a bar or stall that offers a variety of drinks for sale
white elephant stall
a stall , usually at a fete or fundraising event, where unwanted possessions are sold
newsstand
A newsstand is a stall in the street or a public place, which sells newspapers and magazines .