Ballroom
['bɔːlruːm;-rʊm] or ['bɔl'rʊm]
Definition
(n.) A room for balls or dancing.
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Examples
- From Harriet's manner of speaking of the circumstance before they quitted the ballroom, she had strong hopes. Jane Austen. Emma.
- They were in the ballroom, the violins were playing, and her mind was in a flutter that forbade its fixing on anything serious. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- The door was thrown open, and Mr. Tracy Tupman and the stranger entered the ballroom. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- No doubt it is handsomer than mine, and fitter for a ballroom. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- At the time of the ballroom's being built, suppers had not been in question; and a small card-room adjoining, was the only addition. Jane Austen. Emma.
- She wished he could love a ballroom better, and could like Frank Churchill better. Jane Austen. Emma.
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