Advertisement

Advertisement

View synonyms for ballroom

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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


Discover More

Word History and Origins

Origin of ballroom1

First recorded in 1730–40; ball 2 + room
Discover More

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


ball raceballroom dance