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countable and uncountable, plural dancehalls
(countable) A public hall for dancing. quotations examples
Six years later there were barely any dancehalls to supervise—it was all glitzy discos attached to pubs.
2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 125
(uncountable, music) A genre of Jamaican dance music derived from dub and reggae. quotations examples
It sounded Jamaican to me, a form of dancehall, and […] I wandered over and watched the dancing.
2016, Zadie Smith, Swing Time, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, page 271