noun
- Plural of kinema; a cinema or movie theater, especially in British English or historical usage.
Usage: chiefly British; archaic or dated
Examples
- The old kinemas in London showed silent films during the 1920s.
- Several kinemas closed down after television became popular.
- She spent her Saturday afternoons at one of the local kinemas.
- The kinemas of that era were grand, ornate buildings.
- Many kinemas have been converted into shops or apartments.