ballroom dance

American  

noun

ballroom dances plural

1. any of a variety of social or recreational dances performed by couples, as in a ballroom.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• ballroom dancing
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• ballroom dances
  plural

Etymology

Origin of ballroom dance

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

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ballroom dance

So sometimes on a Saturday early morning, I would go to my ballroom dance lesson.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026

Widdrington told BBC Radio Stoke he lived next door to some ballroom dance teachers and he joined their class, but it took a while for him to fall in love with it.

From BBC ● May 28, 2025

Gentili acted in the FX television series “Pose,” about the underground ballroom dance scene in the 1980s and 1990s.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 18, 2024

The play was initially presented to Reidy as a ballroom dance performance, which she fully supported.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2023

Sarah thinks they go out to romantic dinners and take ballroom dance lessons or see black-and-white foreign movies with subtitles and deep meanings.

From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen