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ballet(encyclopedia)
ballet(dictionary)
Ballet Slippers(recipes)
ballet position(encyclopedia)
Ballet Rambert, the(dictionary)
Bolshoi Ballet, the(dictionary)
Royal Ballet, the(dictionary)
ballet dancer(dictionary)
ballet (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)

ballet (oh)




[Date: 1600-1700; Language: French; Origin: Italian balletto, from ballo 'dance', from ballare; BALLERINA]
[C] a performance in which dancing and music tell a story without any speaking
::We're going to the ballet tomorrow evening.
::I wanted to be a ballet dancer when I was a child.
[U] this type of dancing
[C] a group of ballet dancers who work together
::the Bolshoi ballet