ballroom

noun

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

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Colby Xzavier King, a Columbia University graduate and member of the House of Louboutin, is elevating ballroom culture through The Kiki Arts Collaborative (KAC). Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025 Like dancers in a ballroom, these molecules break apart, spin, and come back together, over and over again. Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2025 The song began with Carpenter emerging from a literal manhole to sing alongside dancers that included RuPaul’s Drag Race stars Symone, Willam, Denali, Laganja Estranja, and Lexi Love, as well as ballroom star Honey Balenciaga. Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 7 Sep. 2025 Specifically, the phrase may have roots in ballroom culture, an LGBTQIA+ subculture founded by Black and Latino communities in the mid-20th century, according to 21 Ninety, an online publication dedicated to telling stories by and for women of color. Greta Cross, USA Today, 6 Sep. 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 13 Sep. 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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