Usually means: Formal, full-skirted dress for events.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word ball gown:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. ball gown: Merriam-Webster
  2. ball gown: Collins English Dictionary
  3. ball gown: Vocabulary.com
  4. ball-gown: Wordnik
  5. ball gown: Wiktionary
  6. ball gown: Dictionary.com
  7. Ball gown: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. ball gown: Rhymezone
  9. ball gown: FreeDictionary.org
  10. ball gown: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. ball gown: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. ball gown: Merriam-Webster

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Dress King Fashion Glossary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ball gown: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Note: See ball_gowns as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Ball gown)

▸ noun:  Alternative form of ballgown [A formal gown to be worn by women to balls and similar social events.]

Similar:
pants suit, slip dress, bridal wear, gameball, pants-suit, winterdress, ball cap, bed jacket, bed-jacket, pantssuit, more...

Opposite:
tuxedo, pantsuit, cocktail dress

Types:
A-line, princess, mermaid, sheath, empire waist, ballerina, more...

Phrases:
Belle's ball gown, more...

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Similar:
pants suit, slip dress, bridal wear, gameball, pants-suit, winterdress, ball cap, bed jacket, bed-jacket, pantssuit, more...

Opposite:
tuxedo, pantsuit, cocktail dress

Types:
A-line, princess, mermaid, sheath, empire waist, ballerina, more...

Phrases:
Belle's ball gown, more...



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