English Explanatory Dictionary

fifth wall

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The division between the fictional world depicted, and the actual actors, props, etc.
  2. The divide between critics or audience members and author or theater practitioner.
  3. Any of various other divisions between groups of people in the theatre.
  4. The ceiling.
  5. The floor.
  6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fifth, wall.

Word forms

fifth wall fifth walls

Etymology

By analogy with fourth wall.

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