ROUND DANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does round dance mean? 

• ROUND DANCE (noun)
  The noun ROUND DANCE has 2 senses:

1. a folk dance; dancers form a circle

2. a ballroom dance characterized by revolving movement

  Familiarity information: ROUND DANCE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROUND DANCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A folk dance; dancers form a circle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

ring dance; round dance

Hypernyms ("round dance" is a kind of...):

folk dance; folk dancing (a style of dancing that originated among ordinary people (not in the royal courts))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "round dance"):

schottische (a German round dance resembling a slow polka)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A ballroom dance characterized by revolving movement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

round dance; round dancing

Hypernyms ("round dance" is a kind of...):

ballroom dance; ballroom dancing (any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom)