ball gown

noun

: a long dress that is worn to large formal parties for dancing

Examples of ball gown in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Don’t worry about packing a tux or ball gown, Seabourn has an elegant casual dress code in the evening. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2026

The ball gown flounced out and went waltzing through the powdered air with tissue-paper attendants. — Liz Rosenberg, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2026

At this year’s Met Gala, where Jeff Bezos was an honorary chair, actor Sarah Paulson wore a voluminous, gray, distressed ball gown from the collection, paired with the eye-covering money mask. — Beatrice Dupuy, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026

But instead of employing a ball gown, glass slippers, and a grand carriage made from a pumpkin, the renegade maid comes to her damsel in distress armed with a different kind of escape plan—one involving an axe and a double parricide. — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 4 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for ball gown

• adown
• blowdown
• breakdown
• countdown
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• crosstown
• downtown
• drawdown
• dropdown
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• godown
• hometown