ballroom
verbEtymology From ball + room.
1
To take part in ballroom dancing.
ballroom
noun/ˈbɔːlɹuːm/ · /ˈbɔːlɹʊm/
Etymology From ball + room.
1
A large room used for dancing and banquets.
- 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.1909 September 9, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], chapter I, in The Squire’s Daughter, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC:
2
A type of elegant dance.
- Derived terms
- ballroom dance, ballroom dancing, ballroomy, Epstein Ballroom
- Hypernyms
- room