English

Alternative forms

• ball-room

Noun

ballroom ‎(plural ballrooms)

1. A large room used for dancing and banquets.
   • 1909, Archibald Marshall, The Squire's Daughter, chapterI:

     The boy became volubly friendly and bubbling over with unexpected humour and high spirits. He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance. Nobody would miss them, he explained.

2. A type of elegant dance.

Hypernyms

• room

Derived terms

• ballroom dance
• ballroom dancing

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