dance palace
- noun
- Archaic
:
salón de baile
- The old dance palace was restored and reopened to the public as a community center.
Examples
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Hundreds of couples used to fill the dance palace every Saturday night.
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The city is planning to build a new dance palace to host events and parties.
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The new dance palace opened last week.
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Many couples enjoy their evenings at the dance palace.
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The gala was held at a beautiful dance palace decorated with sparkling lights.
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She practiced her moves at the local dance palace before the competition.
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Every Saturday night, the community gathers at the dance palace for lively social events.
Synonyms
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2.3
A large room where people dance at formal events
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2.9
A large place for dancing with live or recorded music
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3.4
A room or building where people gather to dance, often for Jamaican music
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9.1
A large elegant place for dancing and music
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Morphology
The meaning 'a large room or building used for dancing' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'dance' (a social gathering for dancing) with 'palace' (a large building or hall). This straightforward noun–noun composition follows common English compounding patterns and is cross-linguistically plausible, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Dance palace comes from the simple idea of calling a large dance hall a palace to make it sound grand. The picture of a big, fancy room for dance is why the phrase means 'a large place for dancing'.