ballroom

noun

ball·​room ˈbȯl-ˌrüm 

-ˌru̇m

: a large room used for dances

Examples of ballroom in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Events in downtown coffee shops, hotel ballrooms, and at the Minneapolis American Indian Center helped urban tribal citizens connect and share resources, said Christine Yellow Bird, who directs the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation’s satellite office in Fargo, North Dakota. —Graham Lee Brewer, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2026

Rinko Kikuchi plays Haru, a ballroom dancer in Tokyo who, after losing her husband and dance partner, Luis (Alejandro Edda), begins a tentative fling with a new dance instructor, Fedir (Alberto Guerra). —Justin Chang, New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2026

Conference-goers are often ducking in and out of the big ballrooms day and night and the lobby is nearly always abuzz with travelers coming and going. —Lizbeth Scordo, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Jan. 2026

Designed as a clean, upscale alternative to the gritty, warehouse-style wrestling typical of smaller circuits, Boca Championship Wrestling stages its events in proper theaters and ballrooms. —Jason Phillips, USA Today, 31 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1719, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing ballroom

• ballroom dance

Rhymes for ballroom

• assume
• backroom
• barroom
• bathroom
• bedroom
• boardroom
• bridegroom
• classroom
• cloakroom
• consume
• costume
• courtroom

Kids Definition

ballroom

noun

ball·​room ˈbȯl-ˌrüm 

-ˌru̇m

: a large room for dances