• IPA: /ˈbɔːlɹuːm/, /ˈbɔːlɹʊm/

ballroom (plural ballrooms)

1. A large room used for dancing and banquets.
   • 1909, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], chapter I, in The Squire’s Daughter, London: Methuen, OCLC 12026604 ↗; republished New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1919, OCLC 491297620 ↗:

     The boy became volubly friendly and bubbling over with unexpected humour and high spirits. He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance. Nobody would miss them, he explained.

2. A type of elegant dance.

• French: salle de bal
• German: Ballsaal
• Italian: sala da ballo, balera
• Portuguese: salão de baile
• Russian: танцева́льный зал
• Spanish: salón de baile

• French: danse de salon
• German: Standardtanz
• Russian: ба́льный та́нец

ballroom (ballrooms, present participle ballrooming; past and past participle ballroomed)

1. (intransitive) To take part in ballroom dancing.