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Meaning of "fancy dress ball" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FANCY DRESS BALL

fancy dress ball  [fænsɪ drɛs bɔːl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FANCY DRESS BALL

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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fancy dress ball is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FANCY DRESS BALL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of fancy dress ball in the English dictionary

The definition of fancy dress ball in the dictionary is a ball at which the guests wear fancy dress.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FANCY DRESS BALL


ball
bɔːl
baseball
ˈbeɪsˌbɔːl
basketball
ˈbɑːskɪtˌbɔːl
cannonball
ˈkænənˌbɔːl
eyeball
ˈaɪˌbɔːl
eyeball-to-eyeball
ˌaɪbɔːltəˈaɪbɔːl
fireball
ˈfaɪəˌbɔːl
football
ˈfʊtˌbɔːl
gumball
ˈɡʌmbɔːl
handball
ˈhændˌbɔːl
meatball
ˈmiːtˌbɔːl
netball
ˈnɛtˌbɔːl
oddball
ˈɒdˌbɔːl
pinball
ˈpɪnˌbɔːl
puffball
ˈpʌfˌbɔːl
racquetball
ˈrækɪtˌbɔːl
snowball
ˈsnəʊˌbɔːl
softball
ˈsɒftˌbɔːl
trackball
ˈtrækˌbɔːl
volleyball
ˈvɒlɪˌbɔːl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FANCY DRESS BALL

fanciest
fanciful
fancifully
fancifulness
fancify
fanciless
fancily
fanciness
Fanconi anaemia
fancy
fancy dress
fancy dress party
fancy free
fancy goods
fancy man
fancy men
fancy woman
fancy women
fancy-free
fancywork

WORDS THAT END LIKE FANCY DRESS BALL

American football
beach ball
billiard ball
bonus ball
costume ball
crystal ball
cue ball
dead ball
debutante ball
eight ball
golf ball
jump ball
masked ball
medicine ball
on the ball
play ball
punching ball
Swiss ball
tea ball
tennis ball
wrecking ball

Synonyms and antonyms of fancy dress ball in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «fancy dress ball» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FANCY DRESS BALL

Find out the translation of fancy dress ball to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fancy dress ball from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fancy dress ball» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

化装舞会
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

baile de disfraces
570 millions of speakers

English

fancy dress ball
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

फैंसी ड्रेस गेंद
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ملابس تنكرية الكرة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Костюмированный бал
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

baile a fantasia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অভিনব পোশাক বল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bal costumé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bola pakaian mewah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Maskenball
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

仮装舞踏会
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

멋진 드레스 공
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ball dress apik
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ưa thích ăn mặc bóng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆடம்பரமான உடை பந்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फॅन्सी ड्रेस बॉल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Süslü elbise topu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ballo in maschera
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bal kostiumowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

костюмований бал
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fantezie Rochie de bal
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φανταχτερό φόρεμα μπάλα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gemaskerd
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

maskeraddräkter boll
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fancy kjole ball
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fancy dress ball

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FANCY DRESS BALL»

The term «fancy dress ball» is normally little used and occupies the 108.490 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FANCY DRESS BALL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «fancy dress ball» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «fancy dress ball» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fancy dress ball

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FANCY DRESS BALL»

Discover the use of fancy dress ball in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fancy dress ball and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Dogs Go to a Fancy Dress Ball
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Judith Thumser, 2007
2
Flora the Fancy Dress Fairy
When Jack Frost threatens to ruin the fancy dress ball thrown by Kirsty's cousin, Flora helps the girls save the day.
Daisy Meadows, 2007
3
Magnificent Entertainments: Fancy Dress Balls of Canada's ...
Magnificent Entertainments tells the stories of these four balls: the costumes, the nation-builders disguising entertainment as historical research, and the excitement of otherwise-forbidden sexual display.
Cynthia Cooper, 1997
4
Visual Ephemera: Theatrical Art in Nineteenth-century Australia
Alas, there are only the briefest of reports and no images of this sort of fancy- dress ball. The newspaper reports of colonial fancy-dress balls usually took the form of fashion notes in which description of frills and furbelows took precedence over ...
Anita Callaway, 2000
5
Rainbow Magic: Flora the Fancy Dress Fairy
Rachel's cousin is holding a summer fancy dress ball in a Scottish Castle and Rachel and Kirsty have been invited along.
Daisy Meadows, 2012
6
Shadows of War on the Brisbane Line
I was four when the fancy dress ball was held. The ball was organised for the children in the area, and the first I knew about it was when Melva started leafing through my nursery rhyme book. It had coloured drawings of nursery rhyme ...
Graham Smith, 2011
7
New Orleans City Guide
Two outstanding events connected with the old mint should receive mention; the fancy dress ball of 1850 and the hanging of William Mumford in 1862. The fancy dress ball, the first and only social event to take place within a United States mint  ...
Works Progress Administration, 2011
8
Local records; or, Historical register of remarkable events, ...
... Mr. Alderman Shadforth, plain dress: Mrs. S., fancy * Mr. Henry Perlee Parker, artist, of Newcastle, is at present engaged in painting a picture of this grand fancy dress ball. The grouping is excellent, and the principal characters appear to be ...
John Sykes, 1866
9
Fashion: A Canadian Perspective
This type of secondary event on the heels of a fancy-dress ball became the norm. Following the Ottawa ball of 1896, a skating carnival was held, and the rental agents offered a discount to those renting the same costumes. After the Victorian  ...
Alexandra Palmer, 2004
10
Local records; or, Historical register of remarkable events: ...
... Mr. Alderman Shadforth, plain dress ; Mrs. S., fancy • Mr. Henry Pcrlee Parker, artist, of Newcastle, is at present engaged in painting a picture of this grand fancy dress ball The grouping is excellent, and the prmciple characters appear to be ...
John Sykes, 1833

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FANCY DRESS BALL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fancy dress ball is used in the context of the following news items.
1
AfroPunk Festival Announces New Additions to Lineup, Including Ms …
Also, in advance of the fest, AFROPUNK will be throwing its first annual AFROPUNK FANCY DRESS BALL on August 21 at Commodore Barry ... «Brooklyn Reader, Jul 15»
2
Afropunk adds Death Grips, Gary Clark Jr, Kelela, Candiria and …
This year also marks the first Afropunk Fancy Dress Ball, hosted by Grace Jones, Cakes Da Killa and MikeQ, proceeds from which will go ... «Brooklyn Vegan, Jul 15»
3
It's An Afropunk World
Jones, along with Cakes Da Kill and MikeQ will also appear on the first annual Afropunk Fancy Dress Ball happening Aug. 21 at Commodore ... «Pollstar, Jul 15»
4
Afropunk Announces Inaugural Atlanta Fest With D'Angelo, October …
AFROPUNK will be throwing their first annual AFROPUNK FANCY DRESS BALL with GRACE JONES and special guests to raise funds for ... «All Access Music Group, Jul 15»
5
It's time for whites –- including LGBTs –- to move beyond willful …
I suddenly had more empathy for black students who had complained about one year's Fancy Dress Ball theme being “The Dark Continent” ... «Metro Weekly, Jun 15»
6
Beach cafe, billionaire's retreat, wedding marquee: second lives of …
... of Cornwall, the zig-zagging roof of Zaha Hadid's experimental marquee is providing an unusual shelter for an under-12s' fancy dress ball. «The Guardian, Jun 15»
7
Book Review: Costume by IU professor Pravina Shukla
... is different from taking great pains to create a costume for Halloween or for a fancy dress ball or to be historically accurate as a re-enactor. «NUVO Newsweekly, Jun 15»
8
Lenny Kravitz, Lauryn Hill, Grace Jones to Headline AfroPunk NYC
This year will also mark the first annual AfroPunk Fancy Dress Ball, a pre-festival event on August 21st featuring Grace Jones, Cakes Da Killa ... «RollingStone.com, Jun 15»
9
Picasso and Lee Miller: In the shadow of the sun
But in June 1937 Roland Penrose met Miller in a surrealist fancy dress ball in Paris when he was, in his own words, "struck by lightning". «Herald Scotland, May 15»
10
A piece of history
A hundred years ago this week, Ethel Belcher attended a fancy dress ball in Cardiff, just out of Stratford. The evening was to raise funds for the ... «New Zealand Herald, May 15»

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