ballroom
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2.3
- noun
- /ˈbɔːlruːm/
:
salón de baile
- The wedding reception will be held in the elegant ballroom decorated with flowers and lights.
- ballroom dancing
- a ballroom dance
- hotel ballrooms
And I was in this hotel ballroom, so spectacularly loud.
- And I was in this hotel ballroom, so spectacularly loud.
- You finally get to the ballroom where the producers are and you dance.
- And you think, oh, God, we played and I came down, I changed, and I was in a ballroom with a band.
- And if if he had said no, I don't have any guns, he could have walked right into that ballroom fully armed.
- Big hotel ballroom, you know, like white tablecloths, fine China, tuxedos, chandeliers.
- Parlours, ballrooms, formal lawns, greenhouses, interior pools have a whole series of these dreams about Porzheimer House.
- But there's been many, there's been like when guys have I worked at another place over in Camden, the electric ballroom.
Examples
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We met Nona in a ballroom dancing class at our health club.
Fiction book (1991) -
In 1956, the Alonzos opened La Terraza, a ballroom located in east Houston.
Academic text (1999) -
And you think, oh, God, we played and I came down, I changed, and I was in a ballroom with a band.
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So that the plan was that we would go into the ballroom of the of the ship and big, big ballroom.
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You finally get to the ballroom where the producers are and you dance.
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Tonight we are watching the finals of the International Ballroom Dancing Competition.
Fiction book (1992) -
Meet me at Ballroom G at 5:00 p.m.
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I watched them pass about the ballroom with considerable satisfaction and pleasure.
Fiction book (1991) -
We're at the Lakeside Ballroom.
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So this is the ballroom and it's the most magnificent room I've ever seen in my life.
Synonyms
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1.0
An area in a building with walls, a floor, and a ceiling
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1.0
An area by the main door where people meet or wait
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2.9
A large place for dancing with live or recorded music
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9.1
A large elegant place for dancing and music
A large room or building for dancing and social events
A large room in a building where people meet for events
Compounds
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3.4
Two people dance together using set steps, like the waltz and tango, often at social events or competitions
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3.2
A formal activity where couples move together in set steps to music like the waltz
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Etymology
Ballroom comes from two simple parts: ball, which originally meant 'a formal dance' rather than the round object, and room, meaning 'an indoor space'. So a ballroom is simply a 'room for dancing', which is why it refers to a large room used for formal dancing.