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ballroom

/ˈbɑlrum/
/ˈbɔlrum/
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Other forms: ballrooms

A ballroom is a room that has enough space for many people to dance. Traditionally, a ballroom has either a hardwood or marble floor.

Most private houses are built without ballrooms these days, but it was once common for a grand home or mansion to include a special room for throwing dance parties. These ballrooms were large, with high ceilings, and could accommodate a live band and many dancers. Ballroom dancing was originally a formal, social dance form that only happened in ballrooms. The word comes from ball, or party, with the Latin root ballare, "to dance."

Definitions of ballroom
  1. noun
    large room used mainly for dancing
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    types:
    disco, discotheque
    a public dance hall for dancing to recorded popular music
    type of:
    room
    an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
Pronunciation
US
/ˈbɑlrum/
UK
/ˈbɔlrum/
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