ballroom

noun

ball·​room ˈbȯl-ˌrüm How to pronounce ballroom (audio)
-ˌru̇m
: a large room used for dances

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At a swarming Substack party Saturday night, Mehdi Hasan and many of the platform’s new stars gathered, packing by the hundreds into a hotel ballroom as a deejay played 2000’s and early 2010’s hits from the likes of Phoenix and Robyn. Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 27 Apr. 2025 Coming full circle On Thursday night, when NFL commissioner Roger Goodell steps to the lectern and begins calling names, Burden won’t be sitting in a hotel ballroom or in front of bright studio lights. Amelia Hurley, Kansas City Star, 24 Apr. 2025 Corinthia Bucharest’s pièce de résistance is the former ballroom Boulevard 73, re-envisioned as a French-Romanian fine dining restaurant with a seasonal, farm-to-table twist. Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 22 Apr. 2025 Eschewing the typical Midtown ballroom, the Ball unfolds in the very heart of the school itself. Zachary Weiss, Vogue, 16 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ballroom

Word History

First Known Use

1719, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of ballroom was in 1719

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“Ballroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ballroom. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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ballroom

noun
ball·​room ˈbȯl-ˌrüm How to pronounce ballroom (audio)
-ˌru̇m
: a large room for dances

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