dance hall

noun

1

: a large room set aside or suitable for dances

especially : a public hall offering facilities for dancing

2

dancehall

ˈdan(t)s-ˌhȯl 

ˈdän(t)s-

: a genre of Jamaican music derived from reggae in which an artist improvises vocals over a recorded or live beat

… anyone who knew her or worked with her knows that she loves dancehall and has much respect and passion for the genre.

—Stephanie K

—often used before another noun

dancehall music

A key form of symbolic capital obtainable in Jamaica is knowledge and possession of many Jamaican dancehall records.

—Marvin Sterling

Examples of dance hall in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For decades, the Roberts Cut Off Road home behind the dance hall belonged to the Maroon family, Lebanese-American grocers when Greek and Lebanese built a community around their truck farms in the valley of the West Fork of the Trinity River. —Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2025

Six years later, the couple, who married in 2021, live there with their four-year-old daughter, Ida, in an old dance hall that Shattuck’s great-grandfather converted into a family home nearly a century ago. —Jeanne Malle, Air Mail, 6 Sep. 2025

Golden Horseshoe The Golden Horseshoe Saloon was once home to Slue Foot Sue’s dance hall girls and the longest-running live show in theatrical history. —Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 29 Aug. 2025

Need a two-stepper or waltz ready for the dance hall? —Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1845, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for dance hall

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