ballet skirt
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- noun
- /bæˈleɪ skɜrt/
:
tutu
- The girl stood up, brusquely shoving away the ballet skirt spread on her knees.
Examples
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Besides, I don't know what the point is of this spangled ballet skirt.
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She placed it on the ballet skirt, fixing it in place with small circular movements.
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Sitting on the bed, the girl spread the green ballet skirt over her knees.
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She put the ballet skirt on.
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But if I have to fasten the sequins to the whole ballet skirt...
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She quickly raised her finger to the ballet skirt where she was forming a random constellation.
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With a Michael Kors camo top, an orange bow in my hair, a brown ballet skirt, Old Gringo cowgirl boots, and some of
Blog text (15) -
They both began working faster now, their hands coming and going from the glue pot to the saucer and from the saucer to the ballet skirt, curved like a green wing, heavy with sequins.
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She let it fall onto the small constellation that she was arranging on the hem of her ballet skirt and pensively kept rubbing a drop of dried glue that had fallen on her knee.
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The dancer twirled gracefully in her pink ballet skirt, capturing everyone's attention.
Synonyms
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A piece of clothing that hangs from the waist and covers the legs
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A short, frilly skirt that ballerinas wear on stage
How Short
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun-noun combination is fully compositional: 'ballet' specifies the domain and 'skirt' names the garment, so a B1 learner who knows both words will infer it is a skirt worn for ballet. Specific stylistic details (e.g., exact length or costume type) may require exposure, but the core meaning is directly derivable from the constituents.
Etymology
Ballet skirt is the name for the short, light skirt dancers wear in ballet. It comes from the words ballet, a kind of 'dance', and skirt, and especially from the short, light skirt called a 'tutu' that shows a dancer's legs and movement, so today it means the skirt worn by ballerinas.