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[ bawl-room, -room ] / ˈbɔlˌrum, -ˌrʊm / SEE SYNONYMS FOR ballroom ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna large room, as in a hotel or resort, with a polished floor for dancing. Origin of ballroomFirst recorded in 1730–40; ball2 + room Words nearby ballroomball-peen hammer, ballplayer, ballpoint, ballpoint pen, ball race, ballroom, ballroom dance, ballroom dancing, balls, balls-up, ballsy Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ballroomA few minutes after Christie finished up, it looked like there had been a fire drill in the ballroom. Sympathy for the Devils: Scenes From the Social Conservative Collapse|Olivia Nuzzi|June 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST Malala Yousafzai accepted the first Global Citizen Award to what must be the longest standing ovation that ballroom has ever seen. Malala, Bloomberg Honored At The CGI Global Citizen Awards|Nina Strochlic|September 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST Here, she kept things classy on The Tonight Show, merely telling Leno about the ballroom dance she was learning. ‘The Tonight Show’ Fight: Howard Stern vs. Jay Leno|The Daily Beast Video|March 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST After she received the Cecil B. DeMille Award, the ballroom went completely silent. My Night at the Golden Globe Awards|Ramin Setoodeh|January 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The night started with celebrities barreling through the ballroom door, relieved that the E! My Night at the Golden Globe Awards|Ramin Setoodeh|January 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST I asked him to reflect on the irreparable eclipse that he would be casting over the Duskydale ballroom. A Rogue's Life|Wilkie Collins I want an absolutely quiet room where I get no kitchen noises or ballroom dancing. A Court of Inquiry|Grace S. Richmond He followed the functionaries from the ballroom, and the eyes of everybody else followed him. Space Viking|Henry Beam Piper All this shone in a ballroom of the Tuileries or the Louvre as the stars of heaven in the azure sky. The book of the ladies|Pierre de Bourdeille Brantme She had stepped into the brilliant light of the ballroom, and vanished from his sight.
British Dictionary definitions for ballroomCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to ballroomopera house, auditorium, dance hall, arena, theater, gymnasium, amphitheater, lounge, chamber, church, gallery, gym, salon, casino, mart, armory, lyceum, refectory, stateroom, hall |