HORSE OPERA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A film about life in the western United States during the period of exploration and development

Synonyms:

horse opera; Western

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("horse opera" is a kind of...):

feature; feature film (the principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "horse opera"):

spaghetti Western (a low-budget Western movie produced by a European (especially an Italian) film company)