noun
a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line
• Syn: ↑country-dance, ↑contredanse, ↑contra danse, ↑contradance
• Derivationally related forms: ↑contra danse (for: ↑contra danse), ↑contredanse (for: ↑contredanse), ↑country-dance (for: ↑country-dance)
• Hypernyms: ↑folk dancing, ↑folk dance
• Hyponyms:
↑longways, ↑longways dance, ↑square dance, ↑square dancing, ↑do-si-do, ↑promenade, ↑sashay, ↑swing, ↑landler
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country dancing noun
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Main Entry: ↑country
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country dancing UK US noun [uncountable] british
a traditional type of dancing in which people dance with a partner, moving in lines and circles as part of a larger group
Thesaurus: styles of dancinghyponym
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country dancing noun [noncount]
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Main Entry: ↑country dance
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Useful english dictionary. 2012.