ballroom

[ bawl-room, -room ]

noun

1. a large room, as in a hotel or resort, with a polished floor for dancing.

ballroom

/ -ˌrʊm; ˈbɔːlˌruːm /

noun

1. a large hall for dancing

Word History and Origins

Origin of ballroom¹

First recorded in 1730–40; ball ² + room

Example Sentences

It was formally recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1997, but officials there failed in their efforts to get ballroom dancing accepted into a Summer Games.

From Washington Post

He’s used to carrying carloads of bachelorettes out to bars, prom-goers to hotel ballrooms and visiting celebrities to fancy restaurants.

From Washington Post

Rather, it’s how the score swells when the game knows you’ve entered a grand ballroom.

From Washington Post

In a hotel ballroom, I listened to a talk by Arash Afraz, a 40-something neuroscientist at the National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda, Maryland.

From Nautilus

After a few years of playing with local bands in Chicago, Allen heard that Sun Ra, who rehearsed at a nearby ballroom every night and was becoming a force in the city’s jazz scene, was in search of musicians.

From Washington Post

A professional ballroom dancer and instructor, her name reflects a parallel that runs in both BDSM and dance: symbiosis.

From The Daily Beast

Exiting the hotel ballroom, philanthropist Tom Steyer also seemed to give Clinton a pass for not mentioning the pipeline project.

From The Daily Beast

Gathered in a cavernous underground hotel ballroom in Washington D.C., all the young people were serious and well dressed.

From The Daily Beast

And it always works out that one gets the Latin ballroom and one gets standard.

From The Daily Beast

A few minutes after Christie finished up, it looked like there had been a fire drill in the ballroom.

From The Daily Beast

They stepped aside into an alcove set with card-tables, and Susannah gazed away from her companion and down the crowded ballroom.

From Project Gutenberg

Selina looked desperately down the ballroom, and her glance fell on Marius.

From Project Gutenberg

He moved still further away, so as not to appear to court their notice, and walked languidly down the ballroom.

From Project Gutenberg

The studio, which he built for himself, was as large as a ballroom, and furnished with a quite modern luxury.

From Project Gutenberg

Give me your arm, my dear doctor, and we will walk together through the ballroom.

From Project Gutenberg

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