ballet, concert dance
(noun) a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers
ballet
(noun) music written for a ballet
Source: WordNet® 3.1
ballet (countable and uncountable, plural ballets)
A classical form of dance.
A theatrical presentation of such dancing, usually with music, sometimes in the form of a story.
The company of persons who perform this dance.
(music) A light part song, frequently with a fa-la-la chorus, common among Elizabethan and Italian Renaissance composers.
(heraldry) A bearing in coats of arms representing one or more balls, called bezants, plates, etc, according to colour.
(figurative) Any intricate series of operations involving coordination between individuals.
ballet (third-person singular simple present ballets, present participle balleting, simple past and past participle balleted)
To perform an action reminiscent of ballet dancing.
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Source: Wiktionary
Bal"let`, n. Etym: [F., a dim. of bal dance. See 2d Ball, n.]
1. An artistic dance performed as a theatrical entertainment, or an interlude, by a number of persons, usually women. Sometimes, a scene accompanied by pantomime and dancing.
2. The company of persons who perform the ballet.
3. (Mus.)
Definition: A light part song, or madrigal, with a fa la burden or chorus,
– most common with the Elizabethan madrigal composers.
4. (Her.)
Definition: A bearing in coats of arms, representing one or more balls, which are denominated bezants, plates, etc., according to color.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 January 2025
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
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