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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The entrance into a theater or other large public venue, where masses of people are disgorged into the stands; a vomitorium

   "This city, as you know, is built deep beneath the surface of the earth, with only the vomitories protruding."

2. 2
   an entrance to an amphitheater or stadium wordnet
3. 3
   A substance that induces vomiting; an emetic

Adjective

1. 1
   Inducing vomiting; emetic

Synonyms

All synonyms

vomitiveanacatharticavenueblowholechannelchute

Example

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"This city, as you know, is built deep beneath the surface of the earth, with only the vomitories protruding."

Etymology

From Latin vomitōrium, early 17th c.

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