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Definition of Ballroom
1. Noun. Large room used mainly for dancing.
Specialized synonyms: Disco, Discotheque
Generic synonyms: Room
Definition of Ballroom
1. n. A room for balls or dancing.
Definition of Ballroom
1. Noun. A large room used for dancing. ¹
2. Noun. A type of elegant dance ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ballroom
1. a large room for dancing [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ballroom
Literary usage of Ballroom
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Story of the Exposition: Being the Official History of the International by Frank Morton Todd (1921)
"Chairman Henry P. Bowie and the rest of the County Commission, with the Supervisors
of the County, led the delegation of citizens to the ballroom of the ..."
2. Personal Sketches of His Own Times by Jonah Barrington (1854)
"... Henry French Barrington—Exhibited in the ballroom—The Coil Club formed—The
Sheriff quits the Country, and never returns—Gillespie goes to India: killed ..."
3. An Artillery Officer in the Mexican War, 1846-7: Letters of Robert Anderson by Robert Anderson, Eba Anderson Lawton (1911)
"... their fixed bayonets; they are even on the ballroom floor. And this is necessary
to keep our free and independent citizens in order! ..."
4. An Uncensored Diary from the Central Empires by Ernesta Drinker Bullitt (1917)
"The ballroom is bulging with stenographers. Never did the world see its few
remaining diplomats so overworked. Instead of coming down and reading the papers ..."
5. Rulers of the World at Home: How They Look and how They Live by Gilson Willets (1899)
"The ballroom alone is disappointing. Well proportioned and richly finished as it
is, it has no lobbies or side spaces to relieve the crush of dancers on the ..."
6. The Stubbornness of Geraldine: A Play in Four Acts by Clyde Fitch (1906)
"The musicians are screened by bay trees and palms. The moonlight is seen through
the roof. The entrance from the ballroom is Right. ..."
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