Definition of Ballrooms

1. Noun. (plural of ballroom) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ballrooms

1. ballroom [n] - See also: ballroom

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ballrooms

ballparked
ballparking
ballparks
ballpen
ballplayer
ballplayers
ballpoint
ballpoint pen
ballpoint pens
ballpoints
ballproof
ballroom
ballroom dance
ballroom dancing
ballroom music
ballrooms (current term)

Literary usage of Ballrooms

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings by American Society of Civil Engineers (1904)
"A weight of this kind would not be expected in living or office rooms, theaters, churches, schools, armories, ballrooms, etc., over the whole floor. ..."

2. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1876)
"They wandered through the ballrooms in vain; the whole beauty of the city was entirely engrossed with the dashing hussars, and they were fain to content ..."

3. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"The elevators should be conveniently arranged so as to give quick access to private dining-rooms, ballrooms, and parlors; and there should be separate ..."

4. Romantic Love and Personal Beauty: Their Development, Causal Relations by Henry Theophilus Finck (1887)
"There are thousands of young women who have no opportunities for prolonged and exhilarating exercise except in ballrooms. In the majority of cases, ..."

5. Correct Social Usage: A Course of Instruction in Good Form, Style and Deportment by George Rippey Stewart (1906)
"In both these cases, as in others, the ballrooms of fashionable ... It is better form to hire one of the large ballrooms which can be found in some hotel or ..."

6. The Annals of Bristol in the Nineteenth Century by John Latimer (1887)
"Three extensive taverns were constantly full, and two spacious ballrooms were profitably ... One of the ballrooms and taverns has been long ago shut up, ..."

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