orchestra

noun4

1. •
   a group of many people, led by one person in front, who play music together

   • The orchestra plays music for the dancers to dance to in the 19th century-styled dance hall.
2. •
   The area in a theatre or concert hall where the musicians sit, immediately in front of and below the stage, sometimes (also) used by other performers.
3. •
   A semicircular space in front of the stage used by the chorus in Ancient Greek and Hellenistic theatres.
4. •
   A group of crickets.

   • the jackhammering racket of the city softened and an orchestra of crickets trilled in unison — 2024