plex

Ending for cinemas

Plex is informal for a multiplex cinema—a theater with multiple screens showing different films simultaneously: There's a new plex opening at the mall.

In technical contexts, plex appears as a combining form indicating a number of parts or units: duplex, triplex, multiplex.

The standalone noun remains casual and primarily American.

complex

interconnected

Joined in multiple ways

intricate · entangled · network · system · interrelated · complicated · sophisticated · nuanced · labyrinthine · convoluted

multiplex

cinema

Motion picture theater

showtime · matinee · concession · lobby · projector · marquee · megaplex · cineplex · AMC · IMAX

woven

interlaced

Woven together crosswise

mesh · lattice · plait · interwoven · tangled · knotted · netting · webbed · crisscrossed · entwined

streaming

library

Book collection or building

server · media center · playlist · collection · remote access · Kodi · home theater · catalog · playback · subtitle

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Opposites
cinema venue type

plexart house

Cinema for unconventional films

independent cinema · drive-in · repertory theater · home theater · screening room

Family

complex, duplex, complexes, multiplex, duplexes, triplex, multiplexing, multiplexes, triplexes

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Used worldwide · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G