sound stage

noun

1. a large, soundproof studio used for filming motion pictures.

sound stage

noun

1. a soundproof room or building in which cinematic films are shot

Word History and Origins

Origin of sound stage¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

On a Manhattan sound stage masquerading as a Rikers Island interrogation room, Mariska Hargitay acted out a tense scene as Lt.

From Los Angeles Times

Working surreptitiously around his studio’s president and the government censorship agency, he reconvenes his cast and crew, boards them up in a sound stage, and gets to work on his opus.

From New York Times

Eventually we feel a little trapped in the sound stage ourselves, as “Cobweb” falls victim, ironically, to its own punchline — becoming a movie that is too obsessed with itself.

From New York Times

If you’ve closely followed the Senate race, you would have easily recognized the Democratic contestants who assembled Monday night on a red, white and blue sound stage on the campus of USC.

From Los Angeles Times

Pushing a walker through a television studio in central Tokyo earlier this week, Tetsuko Kuroyanagi slowly climbed three steps onto a sound stage with the help of an assistant who settled her into a creamy beige Empire armchair.

From New York Times